> Once you get used to it, the merge operation in mergemaster is pretty > easy to use on most files. Always use 'r' for the $FreeBSD$ line and > 'l' for the sections that are modified. In the password and group > files, it is usually just 'r' followed by a few 'l's. I run the > "pre-buildworld" run (-p) as is and use -iPF options with the 'main' > mergemaster run. You can also use 'U' which will save a lot of time in > the main run, but it is NOT fool-proof and can bite you on rather rare > occasions, so I have stopped using it. Believe me when I tell you it > was a LOT worse in the days before mergemaster was written and all of > the merging had to be done by hand. That was really a pain!
> Good luck with ndis. I've had mixed success with it over the years, > but have no devices that require it ATM and even when I did, I used > the module. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > E-mail: kob6...@gmail.com I guess doing all the merging by hand, prior to mergemaster, was error-prone. NetBSD has etcupdate. I am not decided which is better between NetBSD etcupdate and FreeBSD mergemaster. I think etcupdate is less destructive. With mergemaster, you really need to make a backup copy of /etc. Tom _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
