Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 08:47:37 -0700 From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@mostgraveconcern.com> To: "David J. Kanter" <djkanter@nwu.edu>, "FreeBSD questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Mergemaster question Message-ID: <005501bfdebc$b0576a40$0200000a@danco>
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>I just went from 3.4 to 3.5 and used mergemaster for the first time. I was a >little confused and overwhelmed, but this is how I handled it and would like >others to let me know what they think: > >All the files that I had made changes to personally, like personalizing my >sendmail.cf, named.conf, and inetd.conf files, I left alone. But the other >"standard" files that are a part of a basic FreeBSD install I let >mergemaster overwrite. For instance, MAKEDEV, /etc/fbtab, /etc.rc, >named.root, and such. Once you get used to mergemaster, you'll never go back. :-) Your approach is pretty much the same as mine: I review (and merge as necessary) files that I know I've modified, install the newer versions of files I know I haven't modified, and under no circumstances allow it to touch /etc/passwd, /etc/master.passwd, or /etc/group. --Dan -- Dan O'Connor On Matters of Most Grave Concern http://www.mostgraveconcern.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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