Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 00:44:47 +0200 (CEST) From: Marc Schneiders <marc@oldserver.demon.nl> To: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> Cc: J McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSUP & buildworld Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910300041040.17853-100000@propro.oldserver.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <3819DE31.5DE5344A@nisser.com>
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On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Roelof Osinga wrote:
> J McKitrick wrote:
> >
> > OK, i read the HOW-TO on buildworld. But i still have a question about
> > mergemaster. I didn't see it mentioned in the 47 page doc i read. Is
> > this used after installing the new world?
> > If i understand correctly, i want this order, right?
> > 1. CVSUP
> > 2. Build new kernel
> > 3. build world/install world
> > 4. mergemaster
>
> Yes. Haven't used mergemaster myself yet, but it is supposed to assist
> in merging the manual stuff, config files, devices and such. Dreary
> drudge work. But so rewarding. Especially when you get piles of config
> files with as only change the maintainers initials <g>.
>
> Roelof
>
I personally prefer to do it by hand. One slip of the finger and
mergemaster has removed a file you do not want to loose... It is not
as difficult and tedious as it looks. You can loose all the files in
/etc that are form the date and time you installed last time. Only the
rest should be compared for your own additions/changes.
Marc Schneiders || In re tam justa
|| nulla est deliberatio!
marc@venster.nl ||
marc@oldserver.demon.nl || Acta SS. MM. Scillitanorum
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