Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 20:18:06 -0500 From: "matt donovan" <kitchetech@gmail.com> To: "Peter Boosten" <peter@boosten.org> Cc: Albert.Shih@obspm.fr, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Johann Hasselbach <jhass88@gmail.com> Subject: Re: mergemaster goof when src upgrading 7.0 -> 7.1 Message-ID: <28283d910901071718m1b71eb41r22f9787d968802b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <496511DE.2040001@boosten.org> References: <ab52c4f40901061328i254481d9obb36bcf53757d7db@mail.gmail.com> <4964467D.9020606@boosten.org> <20090107202206.GK99261@obspm.fr> <496511DE.2040001@boosten.org>
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On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> wrote: > Albert Shih wrote: > >> Le 07/01/2009 à 07:06:53+0100, Peter Boosten a écrit >> >>> Johann Hasselbach wrote: >>> >>>> I was doing a src upgrade from 7.0 to 7.1 >>>> >>>> After installkernel, i rebooted, and accidently ran "mergemaster" >>>> instead of "mergemaster -p" before installworld. I ctrl-c'd once I >>>> realized what I had done, but the damage was done. >>>> >>>> It seems to have overwritten my password and group files. >>>> >>>> I've stated this before: In my opinion this entire 'I want to overwrite >>> your passwd file' attitude from mergemaster is nonsense: at installation >>> time you're required to add an additional user, and mergemaster wants to >>> undo that again. >>> >>> Well...i'm not developper but long time ago, when I update from FreeBSD >> x.y >> to Freebsd x+1,(0-1) I loose many time to find something don't work >> because >> the Freebsd x+1 need some new system account. >> > > Well, my point is that mergemaster shouldn't have to delete ALL accounts, > just to add one. User and group accounts can be added to the passwd/group > file *without* deleting the others. > > Peter > -- > http://www.boosten.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > mergemaster doesn't delete ALL accounts if you do it correctly. I usually leave the files for later and then manually do it.
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