Re: sysutils/etcmerge vs mergemaster

2007-11-18 Thread Peter Schuller
Isn't that what the -U option in mergemaster does? -U Attempt to auto upgrade files that have not been user modified. I believe I tried this once and it did not make a difference, but I didn't investigate. Perhaps I screwed

Re: sysutils/etcmerge vs mergemaster

2007-11-18 Thread RW
On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:01:56 +0100 Peter Schuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't that what the -U option in mergemaster does? -U Attempt to auto upgrade files that have not been user modified. I believe I tried this

sysutils/etcmerge vs mergemaster

2007-11-17 Thread Peter Schuller
Hello, etcmerge, with three-way merging, has been available for a while, but the man page still warns of it not being extensively tested, and of course mergermaster still seems to be the officially supported tool. In spite of this, etcmerge is attractive since, to be honest, manually saying

Re: sysutils/etcmerge vs mergemaster

2007-11-17 Thread RW
On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:15:58 +0100 Peter Schuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, etcmerge, with three-way merging, has been available for a while, but the man page still warns of it not being extensively tested, and of course mergermaster still seems to be the officially supported tool.