From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 13 16:17:00 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5611116A4CE for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:17:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cserv63.csub.edu (cserv63.csub.edu [136.168.10.63]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 266CE43D48 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:16:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rjackson@cserv63.csub.edu) Received: from cserv63.csub.edu (localhost.csub.edu [127.0.0.1]) by cserv63.csub.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i9DG66ne003023 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:06:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rjackson@cserv63.csub.edu) Received: (from rjackson@localhost) by cserv63.csub.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i9DG662l003022 for current@freebsd.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:06:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rjackson) Resent-From: rjackson@cserv63.csub.edu Resent-Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:06:06 -0700 Resent-Message-ID: <20041013160606.GB3006@cserv63.csub.edu> Resent-To: current@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:05:35 -0700 From: Russell Jackson To: Randy Bush Message-ID: <20041013160535.GA3006@cserv63.csub.edu> References: <16749.21420.643438.983797@ran.psg.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <16749.21420.643438.983797@ran.psg.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:10:41 +0000 Subject: Re: beating mergemaster to /etc/rc.d X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:17:00 -0000 As long as you haven't made any local changes to the files, there's no reason why you need to use mergemaster on them. On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 09:11:24AM -0700, Randy Bush wrote: > i know that when i do a mergemaster, i am about to see 666 updates > to /etc/rc.d/*, to each of which i will have to type "qi". > as it will be over a 9600 baud remote serial console, this is a > pita and causes undue delay for the users. > > once i boot the new kernel -sw, is it safe to > > cp /usr/src/etc/rc.d/* /etc/rc.d > > and then run mergemaster -cvi? > > randy > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Russell A. Jackson f u cn rd ths, itn tyg h myxbl cd.