From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 27 12:01:16 2010 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 E9937106568F for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:01:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B2698FC2F for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:01:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm13 with SMTP id 13so576680fxm.13 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:01:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=AKGIBWvjKN3s3srVn2i2Id/QKF0BrEccFUHKg/TOMuQ=; b=b/cPSpIo4k2VhhooiJAiBiTavQYGFpt9w4xAjOjvHUNV3j3C7BhAuOx0XBV0pnBFTV NNJoKrwxMNCFaYEt6fRhCEaxz52r+8axFO+sK7as7ZY2CnSd0f1HtNDWc1wULsMsUShy dTqfYcB9XmqDQHTiLiF6ftCXAS8x4fqPO/WaY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=ODiZpnF0BSmcc6IJSxquIDPWKEaibOIrLLFghetLlX7jird1nTLtfx2CCJIt4wF7Ib hp7Zw600ZWhPpvRAJZjeHHJoa+us5PK23DGRBdBFos+J75RcosLpF5uYy98I38G9Glgd KCUhXQ/iVynbsCVX7lWjJyAoqXD/tl4/JbDS8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.165.13 with SMTP id v13mr565861hbd.198.1280232074652; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:01:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.239.160.201 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:01:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:01:14 +0100 Message-ID: From: krad To: bf1783@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, zaxis Subject: Re: I donot like using mergemaster ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:01:17 -0000 On 27 July 2010 11:09, b. f. wrote: > On Monday 26 July 2010, zaxis wrote: > > I want to upgrade my freebsd 8.0 to 8.1. I have read all the steps > > about upgrading freebsd. I feel mergemaster is difficult to use e.g. > > which parameters should i use ? (you may wish to use -U or -ai or > > -Fi) > > Well, obviously you will get more out of mergemaster if you read the > manpage and take the time to decide which options will work best for > you. But if you can't be bothered to do that, the suggested usage in > /usr/src/UPDATING works for most people. Also, there is an > alternative to mergemaster that is supposed to be easier to use in > some ways: John Baldwin's new port, sysutils/etcupdate. You may want > to take a look at that. > > > b. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > here is my mergemaster config. Modify the ignore files to suite your needs then just run mergemaster without any switches. Its not perfect but works for me fine. # cat /etc/mergemaster.rc AUTO_INSTALL=YES AUTO_UPGRADE=YES PRESERVE_FILES=yes PRESERVE_FILES_DIR=/var/mergemaster/preserved-files-`date +%y%m%d-%H%M%S` IGNORE_FILES="/etc/crontab /etc/fstab /etc/group /etc/hosts /etc/inetd.conf /etc/make.conf /etc/master.passwd /etc/motd /etc/newsyslog.conf /etc/ntp.conf /etc/ntp.drift /etc/profile /etc/rc.conf /etc/resolv.conf /etc/services /etc/shells /etc/syslog.conf /etc/ssh/sshd_config /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub /etc/passwd /etc/rc.conf.local /etc/zfs/exports /etc//namedb/named.conf /etc/periodic.conf /etc/hosts.allow /etc/hosts /etc/pf.conf /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/make.conf /etc/src.conf /etc/mail/aliases /etc/mail/mailer.conf /etc/remote /etc/mail/freebsd.mc/etc/mail/ freebsd.cf /etc/mail/freebsd.submit.mc /etc/mail/freebsd.submit.cf"