[CFT] rewrite of the merge(1) utility
John Baldwin
jhb at freebsd.org
Wed Aug 5 05:27:39 UTC 2015
On Sunday, July 26, 2015 03:26:22 AM Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was botherd to not have the merge(1) utility available in base (for etcupdate)
> when building base WITHOUT_RCS.
>
> So I have rewritten a merge(1) utility which should be compatible.
>
> I used the 3-way merge code from the fossil VCS instead of making it call diff3.
> All I have done from the fossil code is adapting it to use sbuf(9).
>
> The bonus for end users is the merge from fossil can resolve situation where the
> diff3 in base cannot. (which explains a "failure" with the GNU RCS test suite)
>
> meaning etcupdate will be more happy merge configuration files.
Thanks! This will save me from having to hack etcupdate to use diff3 instead
of merge.
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John Baldwin
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