Pass IGNORE_FILES to mergemaster in commandline

Kai Gallasch k at free.de
Tue Oct 1 19:39:16 UTC 2013


Am 01.10.2013 um 17:56 schrieb Łukasz Wąsikowski:
> Hi all,
> 
> How should I update config files in jails? I've always did it by running:
> 
> IGNORE_FILES='/boot/device.hints /etc/motd' mergemaster -PFUi -D
> /path/to/jail
> 
> Now I'm getting *** FATAL ERROR: Unable to install ./boot/device.hints
> to /path/to/jail/boot, so I assume that IGNORE_FILES is not used
> anymore. I know, that the manual says that IGNORE_FILES can't be
> overridden from commandline, but it worked. And it was good :) I'd
> rather not want to go "edit /etc/mergemaster.rc" road, because I tend to
> forget to change it back to defaults and it bitten me hard in the past.


Hi.

Putting e.g. IGNORE_FILES='/boot/device.hints /etc/motd /etc/hosts' in /etc/mergemaster.rc worked for me with 9.2-STABLE

--Kai.


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