mergemaster options

[Manolis Kiagias]

Charles Howse wrote:
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> Actually, I wasn't asking about the CVS line with regard to
> mergemaster.  I realize that mergemaster will stop and ask about any
> file in its list with a CVS line older than the new file.
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> What I really want to know is, let's say the file above is
> /etc/hosts.allow, and I have customized it according to my needs.
> If I leave the old file in /etc, I'm thinking it will still work just
> fine.  It's only mergemaster, and maybe cvsup, and things that
> actually deal with version control that are concerned with the CVS line.
> Am I correct?
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You are correct. As long as the content of the file is right for the
purpose, the line added by CVS is simply ignored by anything and
everything - except mergemaster and friends when upgrading.