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Date:      Tue, 10 Mar 2015 12:55:09 -0500
From:      Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
To:        Peter Olsson <list-freebsd-stable@jyborn.se>
Cc:        "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: There has to be a better way of merging /etc during a major freebsd-update
Message-ID:  <CA%2BtpaK3Deg0sVdhGX_RLDDdYKL3L38kt9yd1__eVoW=yKSOuJQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150310174554.GB9442@pol-server.leissner.se>
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On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Peter Olsson <
list-freebsd-stable@jyborn.se> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 10:17:18AM -0500, Adam Vande More wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Peter Olsson <
> list-freebsd-stable@jyborn.se
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > This flag to mergemaster saved a lot of work when I did
> > > upgrades the old way, with cvsup and the make steps and
> > > then mergemaster:
> > >
> >
> > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=221780
> >
> > I'd venture to guess the script will work fine on older installs, but
> > testing should be done first.
> >
> > --
> > Adam
>
> This seems like an excellent addition fo freebsd-update,
> how come it isn't added?
>

It is added, no flag needed.  You are running a version of freebsd-update
which didn't have the feature(8.4).

-- 
Adam



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