Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 11:24:08 -0700 From: fallous <fallous@warped.com> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: So lets say you *didnt* use mergemaster... Message-ID: <200110161824.f9GIO9v02179@web.sitecontent.com> In-Reply-To: <20011016130009.B33631@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20011016143622.2160137B403@hub.freebsd.org> <20011016130009.B33631@dan.emsphone.com>
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On Tuesday 16 October 2001 11:00 am, Dan Nelson wrote: > 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. on a related note, if you do use mergemaster make sure you go in and examine the updated files. I got bit on 3 machines due to a change in /etc/defaults/rc.conf that defaults to turning off sendmail for sending mail outside the machine (can I just mention what an idiotic default that is?). Jay Goodwin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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