There has to be a better way of merging /etc during a major freebsd-update

[Tom Evans]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Chris H <bsd-lists at bsdforge.com> wrote:
> Hello, Peter.
> This has probably been answered by now. But just in case.
> I believe what you're looking for is:
> mergemaster -vF
>
> This is my [chosen] default. I also find it helpful,
> as a "safety net" to
> cp _Rp /etc /eetc
>
> prior to the mergemaster(8) step.

I use these steps after new kernel boots OK with old world:

  zfs set readonly=off zroot
  zfs mount -a
  adjkerntz -i
  mergemaster -piF

  cd /usr/src
  make installworld
  mergemaster -iFPU
  make delete-old

I get very few questions asked of me by mergemaster.

Cheers

Tom