On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 06:31:31PM +, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> People who use ports/sysutils/mergemaster to update /etc might want
> to manually check their /etc/login.conf:
>
> # cd /usr/src/etc
> # make DESTDIR=/var/tmp/temproot distribution-etc-root-var
> # diff -u /etc/login.conf /var
Selon Christian Weisgerber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I've shelved this for 3.9 since I haven't gotten around to evaluating
> mergeslave yet.
Great, thanks. I'm happy this was not a rejected idea :-)
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Antoine
Antoine Jacoutot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Any news about the possible inclusion of mergemaster/mergeslave into the base
> system ?
I've shelved this for 3.9 since I haven't gotten around to evaluating
mergeslave yet.
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> > The questions is, what *do* people use for updating /etc?
Hi.
Any news about the possible inclusion of mergemaster/mergeslave into the base
system ?
Thanks!
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Antoine
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
On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 02:46:51PM +, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> Han Boetes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Since gdiff isn't needed anymore, do you think mergemaster could be
> > > > integrated in the base system one of those days,
> > >
> > > I'm considering this.
> >
> > Are you c
On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 02:46:51PM +, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
[snip]
>
> The questions is, what *do* people use for updating /etc?
I use a cvs vendor branch.
Regards,
Andrew Dalgleish
On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 04:18:32PM +0100, Jonathan Weiss wrote:
>
> I would really appreciate having mergemaster in the base system.
>
mergemaster or mergeslave in base would be fantastic as I ONLY use binaries.
At the moment I have a file server that runs rsnapshot /etc on all boxes, so I
go
On 1/8/06, Jonathan Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would really appreciate having mergemaster in the base system.
>
Or at least a mention of it in the upgrade FAQ [
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade38.html ]. Even just something like
"Some people find the sysutils/mergemaster port useful f
Christian Weisgerber wrote:
No, if only for the fact that I wasn't aware of its existence until
you mentioned it just now.
The questions is, what *do* people use for updating /etc?
I've been using mergemaster for several years now, it's an essential
tool for me. But then again, I'm perfectly
Christian Weisgerber wrote on Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 02:46:51PM +:
> The questions is, what *do* people use for updating /etc?
Long ago (2.x): diff, mv, and cp.
For a few years: mergemaster.
For 3.6 -> 3.7 -> 3.8: mergeslave.
I do confirm Han's statement that using mergeslave instead of
mergem
Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> Han Boetes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Are you considering mergeslave as well?
>
> No, if only for the fact that I wasn't aware of its existence
> until you mentioned it just now.
Well it's much faster and easier to use than mergemaster. Do give
it a try.
# Han
On Sun, 8 Jan 2006, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
The questions is, what *do* people use for updating /etc?
I've been using mergemaster for several years now, it's an essential
tool for me. But then again, I'm perfectly happy to just dump it
into ~/bin on my boxes if there's no general interest.
Han Boetes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Since gdiff isn't needed anymore, do you think mergemaster could be
> > > integrated in the base system one of those days,
> >
> > I'm considering this.
>
> Are you considering mergeslave as well?
No, if only for the fact that I wasn't aware of its ex
Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> Over on ports-changes, Antoine Jacoutot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Since gdiff isn't needed anymore, do you think mergemaster could be
> > integrated in the base system one of those days,
>
> I'm considering this.
Are you considering mergeslave as well?
# Han
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