Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:41:56 -0400 (EDT) From: <doug@safeport.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: using mergemaster. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110051718500.19341-100000@pemaquid.safeport.com>
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I just upgraded 4.2 ==> 4.4. Everything is virtually "out of the box" so I ran "mergemaster -ai" which adds all the new stuff and replaces all the stuff from the previous mergemaster that has changed. Typically if you are going to a new release or "its been a while" there are about 100 files left to consider. In my case, most of these have not been changed. Because of the way mergemaster runs these files will have a timestamp that is the same (or close enough). Anyway I wrote a script to implement a low tech solution to this, e.g., just update the remaining files that you select by date. If there is any interest I will post it, or otherwise make it available. I have a couple of lexical issues: one with the command line parsing, and one with the best way to match "Mar 2 2000" with "Mar 2 2000". Otherwise it works. I am not sure of the downside to this, but I have upgraded a dozen or so system without any problems. _____ Douglas Denault doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-469-8766 Fax: 301-469-0601 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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