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Date:      Mon, 4 Jan 2021 11:27:48 -0800
From:      Enji Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
To:        Jeffrey Bouquet <jbtakk@iherebuywisely.com>
Cc:        Marek Zarychta <zarychtam@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl>, FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: CURRENT, usr/src on git, howto "mergemaster"?
Message-ID:  <02D5B6C7-B8DB-415A-9376-6328C0431E55@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <E1kwVJz-0001q4-AS@rmmprod05.runbox>
References:  <E1kwVJz-0001q4-AS@rmmprod05.runbox>

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> On Jan 4, 2021, at 11:15 AM, Jeffrey Bouquet =
<jbtakk@iherebuywisely.com> wrote:

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>> Dear Enji,
>>=20
>> to satisfy your curiosity: Yes, I have tried etcupdate(8) a few times
>> over years. It works fine, but I don't like the idea of editing
>> conflicted files.
>>=20
>> I won't complain about etcupdate(8), but please leave mergemaster(8)
>> as is. I believe we need both: solid, fast black boxes driven it auto
>> mode and fragile tools in the base. mergemaser is rather not a =
potential
>> security hole in the system.

Hi Jeffrey and Marek,
	Could you please be more specific in your concerns? I don=E2=80=99=
t mind helping resolve them, but unfortunately the concerns noted above =
are a bit nebulous.
Thank you!
-Enji=



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