On Tuesday 11 August 2009 05:23:28 Arthur Chance wrote: > Wayne Sierke wrote: > > I lost practically all of my 'mergemaster pain' when I adopted the habit > > of using it with -iUP options: > > > > -i Automatically install any files that do not exist in the des- > > tination directory. > > -P Preserve files that you replace in > > /var/tmp/mergemaster/preserved-files-<date>, or another > > directory you specify in your mergemaster rc file. > > -U Attempt to auto upgrade files that have not been user modi- > > fied. > > How does -U compare to -F? I've found that saves a lot of tedium.
-U saves a lot on major version upgrades as that tends to have a lot of changes in /etc/rc.*, something most of us don't touch by hand. However, the feature depends on having a fingerprint of the files, so that mergemaster can determine if you changed the file. Before using the feature and before upgrading it's therefore recommended to do a dry run so that the file (/var/db/mergemaster.mtree) is created. -- Mel _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
