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Date:      Wed, 03 Feb 2016 00:47:39 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 206866] [handbook] Replace mergemaster(8) with newer etcupdate(8) utility for source upgrades
Message-ID:  <bug-206866-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 206866
           Summary: [handbook] Replace mergemaster(8) with newer
                    etcupdate(8) utility for source upgrades
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: woodsb02@gmail.com

The attached patch updates chapter 23 of the FreeBSD Handbook for "Updating=
 and
Upgrading FreeBSD" to replace all references to the mergemaster(8) utility =
with
the newer etcupdate(8) utility when performing source upgrades.

The benefit of the etcupdate(8) utility is that it provides 3-way merge
functionality, meaning that the user does not need to review every differen=
ce
between the new configuration file from the source tree and that already
installed on the running system if they can be automatically merged.

This change was recommended by feld@ and des@ on Twitter.

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