Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:48:23 +0100 From: nik@iii.co.uk To: bboone@whro.org Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Updating EXISTING system... Message-ID: <19971024094823.23061@iii.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971023142451.15317A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>; from Annelise Anderson on Thu, Oct 23, 1997 at 02:59:38PM -0700 References: <199710231625.MAA21705@helios.whro.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971023142451.15317A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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Sorry Bob, I only say your message in Annelise's reply.
On Thu, Oct 23, 1997 at 02:59:38PM -0700, Annelise Anderson wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Bob Boone wrote:
> > Now I'm considering the jump to 2.2.5, but on the existing....
> > running.... website machine.
[...]
>> (1) Will the 2.2.5 simply build "over" my existing files as CVS would ??
Yes.
AFAIK, the only thing you need to worry about is /etc/group.
In the jump from 2.2.2 to 2.2.5, a new group was added to /etc/group.
'make world' will try and install some binaries ('ppp' and friends
I think), and change their ownership to match this new group.
Of course, at this point in the install you'll still be using your
old /etc/group, without the new group in it. So the install will
fail.
The trick is to put the added group into your existing /etc/group
before you begin 'make world'. The line to add is
network:*:69:
N
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