Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:33:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Mahlerwein <mahlerrd@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update] Message-ID: <762781.84246.qm@web51002.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1249971512.63923.1045.camel@predator-ii.buffyverse>
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--- On Tue, 8/11/09, Wayne Sierke <ws@au.dyndns.ws> wrote: > From: Wayne Sierke <ws@au.dyndns.ws> > Subject: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update] > To: mahlerrd@yahoo.com > Cc: "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 2:18 AM > On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 08:34 -0700, > Richard Mahlerwein wrote: > > I'm redoing the whole process in single user > mode. My guess is I > > goofed something during mergemaster and devd.conf is > messed up. > > (Mergemaster is, undeniably, my least favorite > utility). > > I lost practically all of my 'mergemaster pain' when I > adopted the habit > of using it with -iUP options: > > -i > Automatically install any files that do not exist in the > des- > > tination directory. > -P Preserve > files that you replace in > > /var/tmp/mergemaster/preserved-files-<date>, or > another > > directory you specify in your mergemaster rc file. > -U Attempt to > auto upgrade files that have not been user modi- > > fied. > > "Try it - you'll like it!" > > > Wayne Thanks for the tips! I'll have more info in a couple of weeks on this - I'm in training and not at home until thursday, and Friday we leave to visit relatives for another week. I did do the rebuild all in single-user mode before I left Sunday, and now I get another signal 12 core crash, at the *same* virtual address, but in a *different* utility... don't remember which one right now, but it seemed completely unrelated. When I get home in a few weeks, I'm going to run some memory tests and yanking extraneous hardware to try to see if I can make it stop. Anything else you all can think of to try? Thanks, Richhelp
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