From owner-freebsd-doc  Sat Sep 19 16:19:38 1998
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG>
Received: (from majordom@localhost)
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA17277
          for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Sat, 19 Sep 1998 16:19:38 -0700 (PDT)
          (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG)
Received: from dt053nb4.san.rr.com (dt053nb4.san.rr.com [204.210.34.180])
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA17141;
          Sat, 19 Sep 1998 16:19:15 -0700 (PDT)
          (envelope-from Studded@dal.net)
Received: from dal.net (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by dt053nb4.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA28767;
	Sat, 19 Sep 1998 16:18:27 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from Studded@dal.net)
Message-ID: <36043BC2.517A2121@dal.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 16:18:26 -0700
From: Studded <Studded@dal.net>
Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE-0918 i386)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net>
CC: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>, Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com>,
        wosch@FreeBSD.ORG, doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/sysutils/mergemaster - Imported sources
References: <Pine.OSF.4.02.9809191702530.15286-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org

I am extremely gratified by the positive response to my script, thank
you. :)

Steve Price wrote:
> 
> [trimmed CC: and added doc]
> 
> I think it would be great idea to write something up about
> this.  Any volunteers?

	I hope it's not considered gauche for me to write my own copy. :) I
don't know what the "Really Quick Newsletter(tm)" is, but here's
something in "newsflash" style:

17-September-98 A new solution is added to the sysutils section of the
ports collection for dealing with the often complex problems of merging
the configuration and other text files associated with a "make world"
upgrade. The mergemaster script uses /usr/src/etc/Makefile to create a
temporary root environment with the new files, then compares them to the
installed versions. The heavily commented Bourne shell script should be
fairly easy to understand, and offers many command-line and runtime
options for dealing with the merge process. 

	That may be longer than you're looking for, so feel free to tighten it
up a bit. 

Thanks again, :)

Doug 
> On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Andreas Klemm wrote:
> 
> # Could also be something for the "Really Quick Newsletter(tm)"
> # or for the Newsflash on the webserver.

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message