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Subject: misc/7945: 2.2.6->2.2.7 upgrade clobbered /etc without backing it up
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>Number:         7945
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       2.2.6->2.2.7 upgrade clobbered /etc without backing it up
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
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>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Sep 16 01:40:01 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Ben Jackson
>Organization:
>Release:        2.2.7 (now!)
>Environment:
FreeBSD pulsar.ben.com 2.2.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE #0: Sun Sep 13 04:49:04 PDT 1998     bj@pulsar.ben.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/PULSAR  i386

>Description:
I used the Walnut Creek cdrom to to an upgrade from 2.2.6 (sysinstall
"Upgrade" option).  It prompted me for a directory to backup my etc
dir (I gave it `/etc.bak') and rattled the disk while claiming to be
doing that.  It said the NEW etc files would be in an `upgrade' directory.
Towards the end it claimed I had no fstab, passwd or group files.

In the end, all of my etc files were overwritten by the dist, I have
no `upgrade' directory and NO ETC.BAK!  I guess the scary warning should
have scared me off, though I have managed to do deltas in the past...
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
I'm wondering if `/etc.bak' put it in the MFS rather than in /mnt, but
of course you can't tell from the holographic shell...  I suppose I got
`upgrade' dir because the files were extracted directly into etc (a bug,
but it explains my results).

The workaround is to go get your offsite backup and restore /etc...
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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