> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:04:34PM -0700, Rob Lytle wrote:

>> Hi Jeremy,
>>
>> I used Mergemaster. Thats what I mean't when I said that I carefully
>> "merged" /usr/src/etc/ with /etc. But like I said, no files were
>> replaced that contained my own configuration, e.g. group. I will say
>> this- that I have always considered Mergemaster a confusing mess,
>> despite the dogma on the lists. I have been running FreeBSD and
>> installing it since 1998, so I have some experience- but this is new
>> behavior beyond my previous experiences.

>
> "Permission denied" could imply that the rc scripts aren't set to
> executable. Possibly a umask problem?
>
> Additionally, mergemaster isn't a confusing mess. If anything, it's one
> of the most simple tools there is for managing /etc. The part you
> probably find "confusing", which is the same part I did when I started
> using it, is the side-by-side interactive diff. It's very easy to use;
> "r" means use the text shown on the right, and "l" means use the text
> shown on the left.
>
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