Christian Weisgerber wrote:
The questions is, what *do* people use for updating /etc?
I use a (originally) small shell script that, if all parts are available
works as follows:
1. Back up stuff
2. Extract the last etcXX.tgz to some temporary directory ("last")
3. Extract the new etcXX.tgz to some temporary directory ("new")
4. Remove files from "new" if they are unmodified since "last"
(This removes most files, at least for snapshot upgrading)
5. Install files from "new" where the currently installed file
matches "last" (overwrites non-modified files)
6. Use mergemaster for the rest of "new" (usually none :)
(Seems to) work like a charm for me. Thus, I depend on mergemaster for
this, although I have not used (or tested) mergeslave.
My 2 Swedish vre. (0.02 kronor)
/Alexander
