From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Aug 21 8:41:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from relay2.inwind.it (relay2.inwind.it [212.141.53.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DC4F37B423 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2000 08:41:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (212.141.79.173) by relay2.inwind.it (5.1.039) id 399BF83000030570; Mon, 21 Aug 2000 17:41:08 +0200 From: Salvo Bartolotta Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 14:41:02 GMT Message-ID: <20000821.14410200@mis.configured.host> Subject: Re: 18.4.7. Update /etc (this section is very confusing) To: Bill Fumerola Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20000821095515.X65562@jade.chc-chimes.com> References: <000701c00a52$6a793be0$14fa90cc@intersols.com> <20000820043554.Q58928@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <20000821095515.X65562@jade.chc-chimes.com> X-Mailer: SuperCalifragilis X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 8/21/00, 2:55:15 PM, Bill Fumerola wrote=20 regarding Re: 18.4.7. Update /etc (this section is very confusing): > On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 04:35:54AM +0100, Ben Smithurst wrote: > > Probably. I'm not sure why it doesn't mention mergemaster(8) at all= . > > If you just ignore that section completely, and instead just read th= e > > manual page for "mergemaster", that may be a better option until the= > > handbook is updated to mention mergemaster. > mergemaster was probably still a lowly port when it was written.. > -- > Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc. > billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org Dear doc'ers, what's more, mergemaster is now a *BSD tool... (!) Albeit it has probably not been very much documented in the past few=20 months, nevertheless it has been widely used under FreeBSD -- as well=20 as under other BSDs. I have been (ab)using it myself, and yes, I learned about it, as well=20 as about a mumber of administrative issues, from the mailing lists. =20 For the record, it has recently been ("officially") ported to OpenBSD=20 -- cf OpenBSD Ports Collection. Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message