Re: beating mergemaster to /etc/rc.d

From: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:58:46 +0930
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 01:41, 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?

*cough*etcmerge*cough*

Way less useless verbiage because you don't end up confirming 99% of the diffs 
mechanically.

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