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Date:      Thu, 14 Oct 2004 19:18:52 +0700
From:      Max Khon <fjoe@samodelkin.net>
To:        Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: beating mergemaster to /etc/rc.d
Message-ID:  <20041014121852.GB28875@samodelkin.net>
In-Reply-To: <20041013101825.B19494-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
References:  <16749.21420.643438.983797@ran.psg.com> <20041013101825.B19494-100000@moo.sysabend.org>

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Hi!

On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 10:19:35AM -0700, Jamie Bowden wrote:

> > i know that when i do a mergemaster, i am about to see 666 updates
> > to /etc/rc.d/*, to each of which i will have to type "qi<eol>".
> > as it will be over a 9600 baud remote serial console, this is a
> > pita and causes undue delay for the users.
> >
> > once i boot the new kernel -sw, is it safe to
> >
> >    cp /usr/src/etc/rc.d/* /etc/rc.d
> >
> > and then run mergemaster -cvi?
> 
> Wouldn't it be easier to just rm /etc/rc.d/*?  That's what I do before
> running mergemaster with the -i flag, and it installs everything in rc.d
> without prompting.

What if this all happens on a remote host and the host rebooted
before I run mergemaster -i?

Removing files and running "mergemaster -i" is not an option.

Personally, I do not understand why requests for the feature
"list of files to install automatically" are still rejected.

/fjoe



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