From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 11 14:33:04 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B669C106566C for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:33:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mahlerrd@yahoo.com) Received: from web51002.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web51002.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.38.133]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 721248FC15 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:33:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 84867 invoked by uid 60001); 11 Aug 2009 14:33:03 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1250001183; bh=lY0HGTfWqwBZRlkFG3RoCs+YdBXhEJ+wfoxB3VgrhCM=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Ix5pLU/i142nI5drQUokZdClgjvjPKu/zHSFMDnj+vgdzDKNPTXBWo1+hyPN3IDTiI3Pfy/Z21BtqkJ+w6yZukooyCc/4c3XtpITV8vxCEcc4s2WebAobZ6r2t5tlz6furoclGtPYFdu12aJJfJAPQEzZRhHwd2m66/A37wJngs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=IZJydGUOphbcqL5ya38mxkMuXytyGXL+u6/RdNxHqYcd371bK4AjxQtqTKniQrsRKsb4xzP0j/R5hJj8VAwc4BxBUA3HwEo/SsVIEvdpfTxQ8ElpeDkaHu4h8PLPKYt9XhRTvCIhX8t4gEkU/6YqUdFquiPUr1FfAjiYuMU7UrQ=; Message-ID: <762781.84246.qm@web51002.mail.re2.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: jR4XnhoVM1mvXl5PpIyyZ66sejdJEYx6hatGgYfvzj1tUAxtvcXZ1nlBBJol5P4O35JSHSt24ZbhBSF.gRT9nTL_OL8kbB8CSfEtwoPWYAqDw4oLdL5nNekIr8lQ1listH4MHbiOUezAUACDPHsQfDWtQOdzQHLoBnke7Rnb9K8QLNjGfptn5EFPPC3URzHteaqojJMSL3uw51ZMbLiEVSwJRVtIU7MPhB6KxCW5nhgMPsQ1jMpZ61bkGZXMbdYn_Iek_AAJqMlzPH1jF19YYhCim5LDC9HJnHz3iVXn5HVRdotMEPANM_ZkzYdhGBAnQS90RQt.HPcw8ur4iATAscvHM3PnZ95jOzH9 Received: from [24.123.91.202] by web51002.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:33:03 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/6.1.2 YahooMailWebService/0.7.338.1 Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:33:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Mahlerwein To: FreeBSD-Questions In-Reply-To: <1249971512.63923.1045.camel@predator-ii.buffyverse> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: mahlerrd@yahoo.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:33:05 -0000 --- On Tue, 8/11/09, Wayne Sierke wrote: > From: Wayne Sierke > Subject: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update] > To: mahlerrd@yahoo.com > Cc: "FreeBSD-Questions" > 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.=A0 My guess is I > > goofed something during mergemaster and devd.conf is > messed up. > > (Mergemaster is, undeniably, my least favorite > utility).=A0=20 >=20 > I lost practically all of my 'mergemaster pain' when I > adopted the habit > of using it with -iUP options: >=20 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 -i=A0=A0=A0 > Automatically install any files that do not exist in the > des- > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 > tination directory. > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 -P=A0=A0=A0 Preserve > files that you replace in > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 > /var/tmp/mergemaster/preserved-files-, or > another > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 > directory you specify in your mergemaster rc file. > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 -U=A0=A0=A0 Attempt to > auto upgrade files that have not been user modi- > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 > fied. > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=20 > "Try it - you'll like it!" >=20 >=20 > Wayne Thanks for the tips! =20 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. =20 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 c= ompletely unrelated. When I get home in a few weeks, I'm going to run some memory tests and yank= ing extraneous hardware to try to see if I can make it stop. Anything else= you all can think of to try? Thanks, Rich =0A=0A=0A