Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:56:08 -0600 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Net Warrior <netwarrior863@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Mergemaster Message-ID: <20120206175608.1f2c9502@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202051739370.71159@wonkity.com> References: <4F2F17D4.1070206@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202051739370.71159@wonkity.com>
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On Sun, 5 Feb 2012 17:40:14 -0700 (MST) Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Sun, 5 Feb 2012, Net Warrior wrote: > > > Hi there. > > > > I found very tedious when , after a makeworld the mergemaster > > process to say (i) to install/upgrade/replace/ with the new file, > > specially when there are a lot of files I was reading the > > documentation but it's not clear to me which option to use to > > automate the process, which is the right one, or combination? > > > > -U -F -iF? > > -Ui takes a long time the first time, then is much better the next > time. _______________________________________________ One shortcut that works very well if you haven't made any customizations there that you're afraid will be overwritten, is to 'rm -rf /etc/rc.d' before running mergemaster, so it can just automatically add all the new files without prompting. HTH -- Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net
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