On Sunday, July 26, 2015 03:26:22 AM Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I was botherd to not have the merge(1) utility available in base (for 
> etcupdate)
> when building base WITHOUT_RCS.
> 
> So I have rewritten a merge(1) utility which should be compatible.
> 
> I used the 3-way merge code from the fossil VCS instead of making it call 
> diff3.
> All I have done from the fossil code is adapting it to use sbuf(9).
> 
> The bonus for end users is the merge from fossil can resolve situation where 
> the
> diff3 in base cannot. (which explains a "failure" with the GNU RCS test suite)
> 
> meaning etcupdate will be more happy merge configuration files.

Thanks!  This will save me from having to hack etcupdate to use diff3 instead
of merge.

-- 
John Baldwin
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