On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:04:34PM -0700, Rob Lytle wrote:
> Hi Jeremy,
> 
> I used Mergemaster.  Thats what I mean't when I said that I carefully
> "merged" /usr/src/etc/ with /etc.  But like I said, no files were
> replaced that contained my own configuration, e.g. group.  I will say
> this- that I have always considered Mergemaster a confusing mess,
> despite the dogma on the lists.  I have been running FreeBSD and
> installing it since 1998, so I have some experience- but this is new
> behavior beyond my previous experiences.

"Permission denied" could imply that the rc scripts aren't set to
executable.  Possibly a umask problem?

Additionally, mergemaster isn't a confusing mess.  If anything, it's one
of the most simple tools there is for managing /etc.  The part you
probably find "confusing", which is the same part I did when I started
using it, is the side-by-side interactive diff.  It's very easy to use;
"r" means use the text shown on the right, and "l" means use the text
shown on the left.

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| Jeremy Chadwick                                jdc at parodius.com |
| Parodius Networking                       http://www.parodius.com/ |
| UNIX Systems Administrator                  Mountain View, CA, USA |
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