Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 21:12:25 -0400 From: Eric Ogren <eogren@earthlink.net> To: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mergemaster usage Message-ID: <20000725211225.B505@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000725160800.00c62310@64.20.73.233>; from forrie@forrie.com on Tue, Jul 25, 2000 at 04:14:05PM -0400 References: <4.3.2.7.2.20000725160800.00c62310@64.20.73.233>
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[wrapping columns at a sane setting is good, btw] Well, as far as I can tell from the manpage, mergemaster -a simply tells you which files have changed (by leaving them around in the temp directory). If the manpage is telling the truth, then mergemaster cannot be the cause of your problems. I don't really know anything about getty, so can't help you there. Eric On Tue, Jul 25, 2000 at 04:14:05PM -0400, Forrest Aldrich wrote: > I had a problem recently, with the new changes in kernel compiling, > with Mergemaster that effectively hosed my system. > > It's probably due to user error, however I followed the new > directions outlined in Kris' message posting. > > I tried using mergemaster -a (to automatically import diffs), but no go. > The system will boot, but now it can't run getty on /dev/ttyXX, which is > perhaps a part of another problem with the update I performed. > > Before I proceed and reinstall this system (it's a test system, so no big > deal) I want to understand this procedure clearly -- we have a lot of > other systems that will be updated to 4.x. > > Here is the procedure I understand to be correct: > > make buildworld > make buildkernel > make installkernel > shutdown (drop into single-user mode) > make installworld > mergemaster > reboot > > Now, To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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