Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 12:06:49 +0100 From: Ceri <ceri@techsupport.co.uk> To: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> Cc: Tim Erlin <tperlin@yahoo.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mergemaster - problem installing files Message-ID: <20010713120649.B10988@cartman.techsupport.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3B4EA3AA.E7CC9835@i-clue.de>; from so@server.i-clue.de on Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 09:30:50AM %2B0200 References: <20010712175924.83029.qmail@web11707.mail.yahoo.com> <3B4EA3AA.E7CC9835@i-clue.de>
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On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 09:30:50AM +0200, Christoph Sold said: > Tim Erlin schrieb: > > > > I'm updating my source, trying to run mergemaster, but > > it seems to fail when trying to install the temporary > > or merged files. The error is "problem installing > > ./blahblahfile, it will remain to merge by hand > > later." > This _is_ the quick solution: somehow you have managed to make one file > read-only even to root, thus mergemaster does not want to replace it. > All other files got merged. I'm not convinced - I've been getting this error for approximately two months on two different machinesm mainly with stuff in /etc/defaults. The strangest bit is that after mergemaster has completed, checking the files reveals that they _have_ actually been merged, which is why I never worried about it. Ceri -- We've tried this God stuff long enough. It's time for a change. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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