Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 09:20:03 +1000 From: Christopher Smith <drsmithy@mailbox.uq.edu.au> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mergemaster -- whats the best way? Message-ID: <200110162320.JAA13142@yowie.cc.uq.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <20011016152927.0cc816e3.djb@unixan.com> References: <001301c15671$6b2effe0$252da818@sioux> <20011016220800.B55640@dansat.data-plan.com> <20011016152927.0cc816e3.djb@unixan.com>
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[chomp] > Perhaps each installation performed via mergemaster can create a > plain-text list of MD5 checksums each time it installs new files, and > these files are automatically replaced during the next upgrade. To be > sure first-time upgprades to -RELEASE series occur easily, perhaps > installation media should start including such MD5 checksums. > > Personally, I was thinking of hacking this feature into my own copies of > mergemaster some time in the medium future. =) How about an option to specify a list of files to exclude from the comparison ? That way, if -i is specified they are always copied over the existing files and if not, they are omitted from any comparison altogether. (This is something I've been half working on myself for a while now - I simply haven't been motivated enough to finish it - not enough upgrades to annoy me :). The MD5 checksums is a good idea as well, and definitely preferable from a newbie's perspective as they are less likely to know which files to specify on the ignore list. P'raps even merge both ideas into one - a "preprocessor" that does the file comparisons to find files modified since install that then passes those files in an exclusion list... -- Christopher Smith, Systems Administrator. Server & Security Group, Information Technology Services. The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 4072. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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