Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 15:31:43 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: David Hawkins <dhawk@river.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'make world' clobber /etc? DES? Message-ID: <12311.856654303@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 22 Feb 1997 13:30:45 PST." <199702222130.NAA27089@ohio.river.org>
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> 1. will 'make world' overwrite my existing /etc -- I'd hate to lose my > password file, for example. Or does 'make world' just do binaries? Make world will not touch your /etc. This means that it's also more than possible to get it *waaaay* out of date with the new startup mechanisms expected by whatever you're upgrading to, so be sure and very carefully merge all of this by hand. It's not fun, but it's gotta be done. And no, don't ask me for a list of files - you'll have to sort of intuit that for yourself based on what you've changed locally. :-) > 2. I want to make sure I'm still using DES after the upgrade. I have a > DES password file because I upgraded from Linux originally. Then make sure that you have /usr/src/secure and that you build from it (I believe it's pulled in automagically if it exists, but I haven't checked). Jordan
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