Re: way to update the files in etc directory from 2.9 to current

[naddy_(_at_)_mips_(_dot_)_inka_(_dot_)_de (Christian Weisgerber)]

Anil Madhavapeddy <anil_(_at_)_recoil_(_dot_)_org> wrote:

> When you get the -current, use the excellent mergemaster port
> that naddy recently committed to the ports tree (in sysutils? cant
> remember)

If anybody feels like contributing a snippet about how to use
mergemaster to upgrade-minifaq.html, I'll happily proofread.

Note that mergemaster can also be easily used if you did a binary
upgrade.

# mkdir /var/tmp/temproot
# (cd /var/tmp/temproot; tar xpzf ~/etc30.tgz)
# mergemaster -r

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy_(_at_)_mips_(_dot_)_inka_(_dot_)_de