Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:47:52 +0200 From: Erik Cederstrand <erik@cederstrand.dk> To: Mike Jakubik <mike.jakubik@intertainservices.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: etcupdate tool in base? Message-ID: <FD0ABB8F-45AF-4D9A-AC5D-4C4A1946777E@cederstrand.dk> In-Reply-To: <4C114B8C.70407@intertainservices.com> References: <201006101346.59824.jhb@freebsd.org> <AANLkTimSVUZjim-eraoJyZf-T982GceZjs7yV97qr8dd@mail.gmail.com> <4C113342.7070804@icyb.net.ua> <4C114B8C.70407@intertainservices.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Den 10/06/2010 kl. 22.31 skrev Mike Jakubik: > On 6/10/2010 2:47 PM, Andriy Gapon wrote: >> on 10/06/2010 21:29 Eitan Adler said the following: >> >>> -1 unless mergemaster is replaced. >> Have you tried etcupdate? >> etcupdate and mergemaster have a similar function but do things in quite a >> different way. While one is intended to be more interactive, the other is more >> automated. They can not replace each other. >> > > -1 Also. > > How does this differ from a "mergemaster -iFU" ? That's pretty much as automated as it can get. I find the ability to do 'etcupdate diff' to quickly get an overview of which changes I have made to a standard installation very useful. Looking from the outside, I think the two tools could be merged to a single upgrade tool. I see three uses for such a tool: * Show me which local modifications I have, so I can see if they're still relevant for the upgraded system * Just do all the hard work for me (i.e. mergemaster -iFU) on files I didn't change * Guide me through merging updates to files I did modify myself (and please, don't ask me innocently if I want to delete my local account when it's 4 AM :-) I may be answering 'yes' in my sleep) +1 from me on etcupdate in base. Erik
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?FD0ABB8F-45AF-4D9A-AC5D-4C4A1946777E>