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Date:      Sun, 13 Oct 2002 16:52:03 -0700
From:      Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        "Crist J. Clark" <crist.clark@attbi.com>, Trish Lynch <trish@bsdunix.net>, Adrian Wontroba <aw1@stade.co.uk>, chris scott <c.scott@uk.tiscali.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Ifconfig config of gif tunnels
Message-ID:  <15786.1827.305324.786368@ice.wonderworks.com>
In-Reply-To: <200210132154.g9DLsUmc057065@apollo.backplane.com>
References:  <20021013172810.A19177@titus.hanley.stade.co.uk> <20021013130138.G523-100000@femme.sapphite.org> <20021013214642.GB90169@blossom.cjclark.org> <200210132154.g9DLsUmc057065@apollo.backplane.com>

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aMatthew Dillon writes:
 >     I would like mergemaster a whole lot more if:
 > 
 >     (1) It just overwrote system files that users are not supposed to
 > 	change anyway, like files in /etc/defaults and the /etc/rc* 
 > 	files.
 > 
 >     (2) It cleared the window before each presentation, so I don't
 > 	have to search around the window to find the filename and/or
 > 	diff that it's currently asking me to do something about
 > 	(this is especially annoying for small files).
 > 
 >     (3) It didn't try to display the whole diff initially, causing
 > 	a pipe-to-(less or more) that I then have to quit out of 
 > 	before I can tell it to install / delete.  Blech.

I agree with (1), but (2) and (3) should be options.  If you've
keeping track of output in an xterm scroll buffer clearing the
screen will lose some output.  And sometimes an overview of the
changes is good so you can tell whether it's worth going through
them interactively or just accepting/denying them all.

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