From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 29 15:45: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C45621512D for ; Fri, 29 Oct 1999 15:44:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marc@oldserver.demon.nl) Received: from [212.238.105.241] (helo=propro) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 11hKm5-000J4P-00; Fri, 29 Oct 1999 22:45:33 +0000 Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 00:44:47 +0200 (CEST) From: Marc Schneiders To: Roelof Osinga Cc: J McKitrick , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSUP & buildworld In-Reply-To: <3819DE31.5DE5344A@nisser.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 . > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message