On Wed, 18 Mar 2009, Doug Barton wrote:
> Oliver Fromme wrote: > > Doug Barton wrote: > > > The attached patch adds a -F option to automatically install files > > > when only the FreeBSD $Ids differ. I've tested this and it seems to do > > > what the people concerned about this issue are asking for. > > > > That seems to be a useful feature. > > Thanks. > > > You need to quote the dollar signs, though. > > Well, not only would that defeat the purpose they are there for, it > wouldn't work. Perhaps you missed the bit where I said that I actually > tested this? :) > > > However, maybe the best solution is to add a new keyword > > for mergemaster.rc, so the user can exactly specify which > > kind of changes should be always installed. > > That's an interesting idea, but I think that the number of times that > there is a nonfunctional change other than to the VCS Id are very > small, and I don't want to complicate this more than it needs to be. > > Please remember that we're dealing with two very different groups of > users. One is the "power user" who updates frequently and can > certainly hack this sort of thing themselves if they really want it. > The other is the "average" user who only updates once or twice a year, > usually to a new release, occasionally to a new patch level, etc. The > vast majority of our users are in the latter category, and they need a > simple tool with a minimum of foot-shooting capacity. One thing that really bother me is the fact that it patches passwd. I would rather only have mergemaster to use the pw command to add and delete users and groups instead. Its especially annoying when it updated passwd without my content on a remote update. /Bjorn _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
