I donot like using mergemaster ?

krad kraduk at googlemail.com
Tue Jul 27 14:10:44 UTC 2010


On 27 July 2010 13:31, Frank Shute <frank at shute.org.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 06:18:22PM -0700, zaxis wrote:
> >
> >
> > that's great ! I will use /etc/mergemaster.rc to upgrade my FB 8.0.
> >
>
> You might also want to put this line in mergemaster.rc:
>
> DIFF_OPTIONS='-I$FreeBSD:.*[$]'
>
> That makes mergemaster ignore changes in the CVS tags.
>
> With a good rc and a basic understanding of vi, you should be in good
> shape to make progress.
>
> I hated mergemaster when I first started using it but I love it now!
>
> Now I have to learn to love the "mergemaster" that freebsd-update
> uses...
>
> Anybody know how to make it ignore CVS tags?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
>
>  Frank
>
>  Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
>
>
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Personally I wouldn't touch the update tool. I like to stick to the tried
and tested cvsup, and make world method ive used for over 10 years


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