Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 16:16:02 +0100 (IST) From: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steveo@iol.ie> To: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> Subject: Re: Building new kernel fails? Message-ID: <XFMail.990913161602.steveo@iol.ie> In-Reply-To: <v0420550eb402c301e079@[195.238.1.121]>
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On 13-Sep-99 Brad Knowles wrote:
> At 3:56 PM +0100 1999/9/13, Josef Karthauser wrote:
> If I understand correctly (IIUC?), it basically creates a
> tripwire-like database of files, names, etc..., and continues to
> track whatever changes may be made in your configuration versus the
> database it initially builds.
You misunderstand slightly. What it does is install the default
configuration (from /usr/src) in a safe place and then compares it with
your installed configuration. For each file you get the options you
describe:
> When you run it again, you're given the option of taking the
new
> file, deleting the new file, merging the changes between them, or
> leaving it for handling manually.
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Date: 13-Sep-99
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