whisky wrote:
>
> How does one use mergemaster correctly after a make installworld of 4.2-R to
> 4.x-S
Very, very carefully. It will try to change all of the configuration
files that have been updated. If you have added local mods, they
disappear. I don't let it touch my firewall rules, ppp.conf, passwd,
or groups. It will also try to change files root uses but I don't let
it. I check when it changes my dot."*" files. If I have added local
aliases or paths, I don't want them removed. The choices provided by
mergemaster on them is always i(nstall new), d(elete new), or m(erge).
On the special files, I usually press the enter key, which is none of
the above and do them individually. Then, I go through after
everything is done and merged what was important out of the files in
/var/tmp/temproot/etc. If you include the header information at the
top, it ignore that file in the future until the it is modified by the
maintainer. The rest of the files I usually add the new mods.
It is really convient to do this all from a second computer. Being
able to do that depends on your system. You could also do it from
x-windows but that really uses a lot of memory that would usually be
more beneficial to the compilers. I just happen to set my system up
such that I can do an installworld in multi-user mode. Not everyone
can do this. It is discussed in /usr/src/UPDATING. The advantage is
that it lets me telnet or ssh in and do everything from several
sessions. When I get through, I reboot from the console.
Kent
>
> Help is much appreciated
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