Re: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update]

2009-08-11 Thread Mel Flynn
On Tuesday 11 August 2009 05:23:28 Arthur Chance wrote: > Wayne Sierke wrote: > > I lost practically all of my 'mergemaster pain' when I adopted the habit > > of using it with -iUP options: > > > > -i Automatically install any files that do not exist in the des- > > tinatio

Re: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update]

2009-08-11 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:52:36 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > I prefer phooey mode: -FUi. Still works with -PFUi. "PFui" is German for something like "Ugh". I think that is NOT intended. :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _

Re: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update]

2009-08-11 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, p...@pair.com wrote: in message <1249971512.63923.1045.ca...@predator-ii.buffyverse>, wrote Wayne Sierke thusly... On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 08:34 -0700, Richard Mahlerwein wrote: I'm redoing the whole process in single user mode. My guess is I goofed something during mergema

Re: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update]

2009-08-11 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Tuesday, August 11, 2009 01:18:32 -0500 Wayne Sierke wrote: On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 08:34 -0700, Richard Mahlerwein wrote: I'm redoing the whole process in single user mode. My guess is I goofed something during mergemaster and devd.conf is messed up. (Mergemaster is, undeniably, my leas

Re: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update]

2009-08-11 Thread Richard Mahlerwein
--- On Tue, 8/11/09, Wayne Sierke wrote: > From: Wayne Sierke > Subject: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update] > To: mahle...@yahoo.com > Cc: "FreeBSD-Questions" > Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 2:18 AM > On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 08:34

Re: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update]

2009-08-11 Thread parv
in message <1249971512.63923.1045.ca...@predator-ii.buffyverse>, wrote Wayne Sierke thusly... > > On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 08:34 -0700, Richard Mahlerwein wrote: > > I'm redoing the whole process in single user mode. My guess is > > I goofed something during mergemaster and devd.conf is messed > > up

Re: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update]

2009-08-11 Thread Arthur Chance
Wayne Sierke wrote: I lost practically all of my 'mergemaster pain' when I adopted the habit of using it with -iUP options: -i Automatically install any files that do not exist in the des- tination directory. -P Preserve files that you replace in

Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update]

2009-08-10 Thread Wayne Sierke
On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 08:34 -0700, Richard Mahlerwein wrote: > I'm redoing the whole process in single user mode. My guess is I > goofed something during mergemaster and devd.conf is messed up. > (Mergemaster is, undeniably, my least favorite utility). I lost practically all of my 'mergemaster