On 2010.03.11 23:33, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Steve Bertrand <st...@ibctech.ca> wrote: >> On 2010.03.11 22:54, Xin LI wrote: >>> Weird, it seems that RELENG_8_0 do contain the correct file... What >>> does 'ident /etc/defaults/devfs.rules' show? >> >> ...not necessarily 8_0: >> >> %grep tag /etc/supfile >> >> *default tag=RELENG_8 >> >> fwiw: >> >> %ident /etc/defaults/devfs.rules >> >> /etc/defaults/devfs.rules: >> $FreeBSD: src/etc/defaults/devfs.rules,v 1.4.2.1.6.1 2009/04/15 >> 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ >> >> ...again... perhaps my arg list to mergemaster was the issue. If it was, >> it would be good to know ;) >> >> Otherwise, it was a standard src upgrade. >> >> Let me know if you need anything further. I can simulate the procedure >> on other hardware tomorrow to isolate the issue if you feel that this >> may affect others, or if it can prove that I was just sleeping on the job. > > I've done a few RELENG_8_0 to STABLE-8 to 9-CURRENT upgrades lately > and mergemaster was goofing up the contents a bit based on the RCS > versions. I had to hand-edit a crapload of stuff going from 8 to 9, > and I still don't trust mergemaster's automatic merging logic because > it goofs up on /etc/group // /etc/passwd still (doesn't merge > anything, discards my info, etc) for starters. > > -a doesn't actually do any merging though, FWIW:
heh. Then this explains it. ...at least my own idiocy (or perhaps lack thereof for trying too hard) keeps me at the OS troubleshooting level ;) So long as the OS I'm troubleshooting doesn't have a gui, I'm ok with it. I'm obviously going to get a better understanding of mergemaster. More importantly, I have a colleague who wanted to help this afternoon, but I didn't know how to describe the problem. This thread will help. Thanks! Steve _______________________________________________ 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"
