From owner-freebsd-stable  Fri Oct 24 06:37:44 1997
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-stable>
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA19698
          for stable-outgoing; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 06:37:44 -0700 (PDT)
          (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable)
Received: from ns.mexcom.net (ns.mexcom.net [206.103.64.9])
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA19692
          for <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 06:37:41 -0700 (PDT)
          (envelope-from eculp@mexcom.net)
Received: from sunix (eculp@sunix.mexcom.net [206.103.64.3])
	by ns.mexcom.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id IAA13235;
	Fri, 24 Oct 1997 08:34:01 -0500 (CDT)
Message-ID: <3450A473.77547AA4@mexcom.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 08:36:51 -0500
From: Edwin Culp <eculp@mexcom.net>
Organization: Mexico Communicates
X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; Linux 2.0.14 i586)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: nik@iii.co.uk
CC: bboone@whro.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Updating EXISTING system...
References: <199710231625.MAA21705@helios.whro.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971023142451.15317A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> <19971024094823.23061@iii.co.uk>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk

nik@iii.co.uk wrote:
> 
> 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
> --
I want to confirm that the tag value en cvs-supfile is still
RELENG_2_2 by itself.

TIA

ed

P.D.  uname -a still gives 2.2-STABLE FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE #0 is that also
correct?