Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 08:24:48 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: Desmond Lee <desmond.lee@shaw.ca>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: where did make.conf go? Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020807082448.02d62db8@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <CMEMLGKEKMLLFOICILNMGEINCBAA.desmond.lee@shaw.ca>
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At 10:45 PM 8.6.2002 -0700, Desmond Lee wrote: >Hi there > >I'm trying to do a 'mergemaster -p' before i do 'make installworld'. I'm >trying to upgrade from 4.4 to 4.6. I messed up some files in /etc/ so i just >got them from the source tree from the release 4.4 and copied them into the >/etc/ dir (except for the group and master.passwd files,... i just left >thoes as is). > >So, i execute 'mergemaster -p' and it says that the /etc/group and >/etc/master.passwd files are good, but it says it can't find /etc/make.conf. >Should i just use /etc/default/make.conf? > >Thanks > >Desmond > Before doing this kind of work, a backup is essential of /etc to /etc.old so you can easily recover. I suppose by now, you are learning this lesson the hard way. On the "/etc/make.conf" file, you have to create it so it overrides the /etc/defaults/make.conf. It is a VERY important file as it affects your "makes"..... hmmm...."make.conf" is an apt name. Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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