Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:34:27 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller6727@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade from source to RC1: problems with /etc : lost users and dbus Message-ID: <4EAB5823.5090804@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20111028084329.134A0106566C@hub.freebsd.org> References: <CAFHbX1%2BWPM0E%2BUGpKKVb8WoNyeYBOp5GdrF59E3sgRp1TM8VRg@mail.gmail.com> <20111027102208.88BFB106564A@hub.freebsd.org> <20111028084329.134A0106566C@hub.freebsd.org>
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On 10/28/2011 01:43, Thomas Mueller wrote: > How does one run mergemaster without running roughshod over existing configuration? Carefully? :) Seriously ... always use the -P option, and/or add PRESERVE_FILES in your mergemaster rc file. Watch the changes carefully. If you have to, do the updates in more than one pass using the -r option for subsequent runs. Do the simple ones first, then go back and do the ones that you have to think harder about. I recommend against using the -U option. It's not rocket science, it's just like any other system administration task, it requires careful attention. Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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