Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 07:48:27 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@TheWorld.com> To: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@people.tecnik93.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3-stable doesn't ifconfig at startup Message-ID: <200502111248.HAA2236362@shell.TheWorld.com> References: <200502110700.CAA2221314@shell.TheWorld.com>
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>Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:27:01 +0200
>From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@people.tecnik93.com>
>To: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@theworld.com>
>Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
>Subject: Re: 5.3-stable doesn't ifconfig at startup
>
>On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 02:00:39 -0500 (EST)
>Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@theworld.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello -stable:
>>
>> Any idea(s) why (my) 5.3-stable (as of 9 February) isn't
>> configuring the network interface or setting up the default route?
>>
>> I installed 5.3-release from CD and things worked fine.
>> Then I updated the system sources (via cvsup) to RELENG_5 and
>> went through {build,install}world/mergemaster/reboot as outlined
^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
>> in /usr/src/UPDATING and now I get no network interfaces
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> configured & no default route set. I've tracked RELENG_4 for
>> years with nothing like this ever happening. Kernel has not been
>> reconfigured (yet), it's still GENERIC, albeit RELENG_5 now.
>>
>> In looking through the rc scripts, it appears that network
>> interface(s) are being renamed but I see no references to this
>> in, say, UPDATING or errara or other documentation. Any ideas?
>
>mergemaster pilot error ?
>If you didn't changed something in them I'd suggest wiping /etc/rc.d/*
>and /etc/defaults/* and do a mergermaster -i
>
>--
>IOnut
>Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"
First thing I thought of; both "mergemaster -p" and
"mergemaster" without arguments are fine; all its "targets"
updated accordingly.
-kc
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