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What's stopping sysutils/etcmerge from replacing mergemaster in the base
system?

"etcmerge is a tool for keeping /etc up to date when updating.
The primary difference from mergemaster is that etcmerge
requires much less manual work than mergemaster, due to the
use of a three way merge." - port description