Re: beating mergemaster to /etc/rc.d

From: Jamie Bowden <ragnar_at_sysabend.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:19:35 -0700 (PDT)
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Randy Bush 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.

Jamie Bowden

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Iain Bowen <alaric_at_alaric.org.uk>
Received on Wed Oct 13 2004 - 15:19:42 UTC

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