Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:17:36 +0000 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysutils/etcmerge vs mergemaster Message-ID: <20071118171736.6db678b6@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <200711181302.05161.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> References: <200711171116.06705.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> <20071117140337.513fb3e3@gumby.homeunix.com.> <200711181302.05161.peter.schuller@infidyne.com>
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:01:56 +0100 Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> wrote: > > Isn't that what the -U option in mergemaster does? > > > > > > -U Attempt to auto upgrade files that have not been user > > modified. > > I believe I tried this once and it did not make a difference, but I > didn't investigate. Perhaps I screwed up. It's something I only noticed on the 6.2 upgrade, and I've never actually used. It seems to work by comparing hashes of installed files with the cvs versions from the previous run. I guess it doesn't work on the first upgrade as there's no stored database.
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