Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:31:32 +0100 (CET) From: Mohacsi Janos <mohacsi@niif.hu> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using freebsd-update to revert back to GENERIC config files? Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1311121438220.29505@strudel.ki.iif.hu> In-Reply-To: <20131111220338.ed645ada.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <52813F9D.5090802@niif.hu> <20131111220338.ed645ada.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Mon, 11 Nov 2013, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:35:41 +0100, Janos Mohacsi wrote: >> Is there a clean way to overvwrite these files with the GENERIC during >> 9.2-RELEASE upgrade? > > Don't confuse GENERIC (the name of the configuration file for > the kernel distributed with FreeBSD releases) with the stock > configuration files. There is no direct relationship. > > You could try to copy the (unmodified, stock) configuration > files if you have used freebsd-update to get the "src" > distribution, i. e. the /usr/src tree. Here you will find > the /usr/src/etc directory from which you could "make install", > and there's also the /usr/src/etc/mail subdirectory with the > configuration files that would go to /etc/mail - you can try > to copy them manually. Thanks for the hint. I tried without success: mohacsi@csoki> pwd /usr/src/etc/sendmail mohacsi@csoki> sudo make distribution install -o root -g wheel -m 644 /usr/src/etc/sendmail/freebsd.mc freebsd.cf /etc/mail install -o root -g wheel -m 444 /usr/src/etc/sendmail/freebsd.submit.mc freebsd.submit.cf /etc/mail install -o root -g wheel -m 444 /usr/src/etc/sendmail/../../contrib/sendmail/src/helpfile /etc/mail install -o root -g wheel -m 640 /dev/null /var/log/sendmail.st install -o root -g wheel -m 644 freebsd.cf /etc/mail/sendmail.cf install -o root -g wheel -m 444 freebsd.submit.cf /etc/mail/submit.cf mohacsi@csoki> sudo freebsd-update fetch Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 5 mirrors found. Fetching metadata signature for 9.1-RELEASE from update6.freebsd.org... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Inspecting system... done. Preparing to download files... done. The following files are affected by updates, but no changes have been downloaded because the files have been modified locally: /etc/mail/freebsd.cf /etc/mail/freebsd.submit.cf /etc/mail/sendmail.cf /etc/mail/submit.cf /var/db/mergemaster.mtree .... > > Of course, it's "cleaner" to use mergemaster to deal with > modified configuration files, such as it is being done around > a "make installworld" run, but as you said you're using the > binary update method, the system should forgive my suggestion > of the unholy blasphemy that arises from manually copying > files. :-) What is the source where freebsd-update checking the neccessary changes? mergemaster.mtree? Regards, Janos Mohacsi
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