Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 14:27:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Steve VanDevender <stevev@darkwing.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail.mc Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004171426010.53508-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <14587.18215.302849.446478@darkwing.uoregon.edu>
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On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Steve VanDevender wrote:
> Doug Barton writes:
> > Steve VanDevender wrote:
> >
> > > the problem is that the FreeBSD install overwrote our
> > > customized config file with no warning.
> >
> > How _exactly_ did you do the install?
> >
> > Doug
>
> Well, this is what is supposed to have happened. I didn't do the
> upgrade procedure myself; I am just responsible for the mail stuff on
> the machine in question.
>
> reboot
> <in single user **>
> cd /usr/src
> make -DNOINFO installworld
> make installworld
> reboot
> <multi-user>
>
> So if this is the "wipe out everything" install procedure, I guess I
> know what happened.
There is no way a make world install would blow away anything in
/etc. The make world process leaves that directory completely
untouched. It sounds to me like someone ran mergemaster and was not
careful about what they were doing.
Doug
--
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acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
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