From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jul 25 23: 8:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-64-169-104-149.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [64.169.104.149]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6367237B403 for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2001 23:08:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BDA9C67226; Wed, 25 Jul 2001 23:08:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 23:08:22 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: Shawn Ramsey Cc: Thierry Herbelot , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Not updating /etc Message-ID: <20010725230822.C84940@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <003601c1154c$7240ed40$de48a93f@shawn> <3B5F34B0.BF32DF9D@herbelot.com> <009001c11593$0e718120$de48a93f@shawn> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZmUaFz6apKcXQszQ" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <009001c11593$0e718120$de48a93f@shawn>; from shawn@megadeth.org on Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 10:23:08PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --ZmUaFz6apKcXQszQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 10:23:08PM -0700, Shawn Ramsey wrote: >=20 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thierry Herbelot" > To: "Shawn Ramsey" > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 2:05 PM > Subject: Re: Not updating /etc >=20 >=20 > > Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > > > > > I am going to be upgrading a 4.1.1 system to 4-Stable. Is it ok to not > > > update /etc? I've done this in the past w/o problems, but that was way > back > > > when... (2.x/3.x) > > > > the recent freeBSD releases include mergemaster which helps *A LOT* > > upgrading the /etc hierarchy > > > > and NO, you should NOT leave your /etc untouched >=20 > Well, seeing as to how easy it is with mergemaster, there isn't really any > reason not to. But wouldn't the system just boot like whatever I was > previosly running? I don't see why it would hurt to leave it alone if one > wanted to, but then again what do I know. :) New binaries on the system sometimes depend on new files/settings being in /etc. This is true for sshd, for example. kris --ZmUaFz6apKcXQszQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7X7PVWry0BWjoQKURAqCrAJ9GTpexpsGM5UgKbJrGSdiiGAnAAACgvdCY UML0vFLGZMJVgXqvF6OZSPc= =YPWq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZmUaFz6apKcXQszQ-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message