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Date:      Tue, 10 Mar 2015 14:08:21 -0500
From:      Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
To:        Chris H <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Peter Olsson <list-freebsd-stable@jyborn.se>
Subject:   Re: There has to be a better way of merging /etc during a major freebsd-update
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On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Chris H <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote:

> > >
> >
> > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=221780
> >
> > I'd venture to guess the script will work fine on older installs, but
> > testing should be done first.
> Isn't that pretty much what the -F flag, I mentioned does?
> "-F    If the files differ only by VCS Id ($FreeBSD) install the
>        new file."
>

Op asked for a freebsd-update solution which excludes any mergemaster
solution short of at least a partial rewrite.

-- 
Adam



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