Marc Schneiders wrote:
>
> On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Doug Barton wrote:
>
> > Marc Schneiders wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Will Saxon wrote:
> > >
> > > > Well, apparently we are supposed to replace a bunch of files is /etc
> > > > whenever we make world. There is a command called mergemaster that does
> > > > this, but the one time i used it (I did not read the directionsvery
> > > > carefully) I basically messed everything up.
> > >
> > > Yes, I don't like mergemaster either.
> >
> > Out of curiosity, what specifically do you not like about it? I realize
> > that not everyone is going to like/use it, but I am always interested in
> > ways to improve the program.
> >
>
> There is nothing wrong with mergemaster. The problem is me. I am too
> impatient and press the wrong button.
Heh... yes, that will get you in trouble every time. :)
> Then I have to write down the
> file I have to edit manually, which means it takes more time for me
> than doing things manually. And I have only tried it twice, months
> ago. So, please, forgive me if I offended!
If I was easily offended I would not have asked you for your feedback.
> After
> cd /usr/src/etc
> make DESTDIR=DESTDIR distrib etc.
>
> I copy my old /etc to a safe place. Use some perl script found
> somewhere to get rid of empty directories in DESTDIR. Then I copy all
> DESTDIR/dev as well as DESTDIR/etc to /dev and /etc and put in those
> files (after checking diffs) in old etc that I changed. It is easy to
> find these with ls -t.
>
> I hope this is not horribly irresponsible, stupid, etc.
Not at all, you have to do what works for you. In fact, doing it by
hand reinforces learning and helps you have a better grasp of the
process. It was after I had done similar steps X + 1 number of times
that I finally got tired of doing it by hand and started writing the
script that eventually became mergemaster.
Doug
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