From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 29 03:09:27 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3435106564A for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:09:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A16198FC0A for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:09:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iaky10 with SMTP id y10so7322461iak.13 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:09:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ZvfoFdakUO+SveCGblKQs42102jqGjC6ZPrpFuwosj4=; b=kR8DR+YCCvo0kOc+F0pgorK2V2FBysL7KJjQ0K7Kqy01N8fR9k1787ShxEPnsp8gYY PZFz6BjY9DTfmxXXNLXREaX7S0V6Dgy0RrC4kORLhPyDW/kKlNaeZugVcuO/2uDJQjvn 5DvZxJemTgXWVBm7MYEFY1genIMEb9jK4MMsA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.6.10 with SMTP id 10mr1733396ibx.76.1319857766869; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:09:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.46.198 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:09:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4EAB5823.5090804@FreeBSD.org> References: <20111027102208.88BFB106564A@hub.freebsd.org> <20111028084329.134A0106566C@hub.freebsd.org> <4EAB5823.5090804@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:09:26 -0700 Message-ID: From: Kevin Oberman To: Doug Barton Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Thomas Mueller , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade from source to RC1: problems with /etc : lost users and dbus X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:09:28 -0000 On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 10/28/2011 01:43, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> How does one run mergemaster without running roughshod over existing con= figuration? > > Carefully? :) =A0Seriously ... 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. I agree that just running mergemaster CAREFULLY does the job. The only time I was ever burned was when I was in a BIG hurry and ended up wasting a LOT of time. (I think I also learned.) Of course, I also remember merging /etc before we had mergemaster. I am a bit curious why you recommend against -U, though. I've been using it since it was added and have never had a problems. It's saved me quite a bit of time. Is thee a corner case that I'm missing? --=20 R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com