Mergemaster and a mess of /etc
Rob
rob at pythonemproject.com
Sun Sep 12 16:22:43 PDT 2004
Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>On 2004-09-09 14:22, Rob <rob at pythonemproject.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I will probably recompile the whole system. Have only used mergemaser
>>once, and somehow everything became a mess. Now I just compare
>>timestamps and do it manually. You can actually do this fast with the
>>right technique.
>>
>>
>
>Until I started using mergemaster almost exclusively, I used to update my
>/etc with the following sequence of steps:
>
> # cd /usr/src/etc
> # mkdir /tmp/temproot
> # make DESTDIR="/tmp/temproot" distrib-dirs
> # make DESTDIR="/tmp/temproot" distribution
> # cd /tmp/temproot ; diff -ruN /etc etc > /tmp/patchfile
>
>Then I manually edited /tmp/patchfile and applied it to my /etc taking care
>to run cap_mkdb on /etc/login.conf and pwd_mkdb if /etc/passwd was changed.
>
>All these can be handled by mergemaster just fine, though. I still do run
>the same sequence of steps from time to time, but only as a check to make
>sure that my /etc doesn't contain stale custom files (not included as part
>of the base system source) that I created some time ago and then forgot to
>update or delete when they became useless.
>
>To make a long story short, what exactly is it about mergemaster that gives
>you difficulties and why do you think that your /etc is a mess? A good way
>to find out is to run the commands shown above and then post the diff
>output saved in `/tmp/patchfile' to me. I'll check the differences of your
>/etc from the /usr/src/etc sources and tell you what I find out.
>
>* Note: the patchfile might contain critical information (such as the
> encrypted password of your root account). A bit of caution and a bit of
> careful editing of the file, to avoid posting sensitive information to a
> stranger like me (or even worse to a public list), would be fine. Just
> make sure you don't strip off useful stuff too.
>
>- Giorgos
>
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Thank you for information. I think the problem is not mergemaster, but
me. I've just temporarilly gotten burnt out on computers. I'm sure in
a week or so I will be fine. ;Rob
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