Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 13:00:09 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Aaron <click46@webpimps.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: So lets say you *didnt* use mergemaster... Message-ID: <20011016130009.B33631@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20011016143622.2160137B403@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20011016143622.2160137B403@hub.freebsd.org>
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In the last episode (Oct 16), Aaron said: > Ignorance is bliss isnt it? > > I've noticed that just about any FreeBSD user I talk to uses > mergemaster after building the world. Well I didnt. And it works fine > [its a HLDS server] but this has me worried. What log term effects > will my stupidity have? I know mergemaster updates config files - but > this server has only a few things changed from the default, so should > I just go for it now? If you don't use Mergemester, your /etc will never get updated. On STABLE this isn't too much of a problem, as you simply won't get enhancements that are made to startup scripts, etc. On -CURRENT, it could cause your system to not boot correctly if binaries have changed location and /etc/rc.* is still looking for them in the old places. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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