beating mergemaster to /etc/rc.d

[Max Khon]

Hi!

On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 10:19:35AM -0700, Jamie Bowden wrote:

> > i know that when i do a mergemaster, i am about to see 666 updates
> > to /etc/rc.d/*, to each of which i will have to type "qi<eol>".
> > as it will be over a 9600 baud remote serial console, this is a
> > pita and causes undue delay for the users.
> >
> > once i boot the new kernel -sw, is it safe to
> >
> >    cp /usr/src/etc/rc.d/* /etc/rc.d
> >
> > and then run mergemaster -cvi?
> 
> Wouldn't it be easier to just rm /etc/rc.d/*?  That's what I do before
> running mergemaster with the -i flag, and it installs everything in rc.d
> without prompting.

What if this all happens on a remote host and the host rebooted
before I run mergemaster -i?

Removing files and running "mergemaster -i" is not an option.

Personally, I do not understand why requests for the feature
"list of files to install automatically" are still rejected.

/fjoe