Add IGNORE_MOTD to allow the sysadmin to ignore (likely) differences in

the FreeBSD default motd and the system motd

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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/usr.sbin/mergemaster/mergemaster.sh b/usr.sbin/mergemaster/mergemaster.sh
index 6fcf752..330db74 100755
--- a/usr.sbin/mergemaster/mergemaster.sh
+++ b/usr.sbin/mergemaster/mergemaster.sh
@@ -253,6 +253,13 @@ case "${RERUN}" in
   #
   rm ${TEMPROOT}/etc/spwd.db ${TEMPROOT}/etc/passwd ${TEMPROOT}/etc/pwd.db
 
+  # Avoid comparing the motd if the user specifies it in .mergemasterrc
+  case "${IGNORE_MOTD}" in
+  '') ;;
+  *) rm ${TEMPROOT}/etc/motd
+     ;;
+  esac
+
   ;; # End of the "RERUN" test
 esac
 
@@ -607,6 +614,7 @@ for COMPFILE in `find . -type f -size +0`; do
   fi # Yes, the file still remains to be checked
 done # This is for the do way up there at the beginning of the comparison
 
+echo ''
 echo "*** Comparison complete"
 echo ''