From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 6 14:50:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1196016A419 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 14:50:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from omr5.networksolutionsemail.com (omr5.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.55]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D207113C447 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 14:50:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from mail.networksolutionsemail.com (ns-omr5.mgt.netsol.com [10.49.6.68]) by omr5.networksolutionsemail.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id m06Eoei5009191 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 09:50:40 -0500 Received: (qmail 23895 invoked by uid 78); 6 Jan 2008 14:50:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO makeworld.com) (71.113.149.77) by ns-omr5.lb.hosting.dc2.netsol.com with SMTP; 6 Jan 2008 14:50:40 -0000 Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 08:50:39 -0600 From: Chris To: Boris Samorodov Message-ID: <20080106085039.18737c09@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <20472679@bb.ipt.ru> References: <77508.48743.qm@web57001.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <86555282@bb.ipt.ru> <20080106081724.761e48d5@makeworld.com> <20472679@bb.ipt.ru> Organization: Makeworld.com X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.2.0 (GTK+ 2.12.3; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Unga , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.0-PRERELEASE installworld fails X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:50:41 -0000 On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:28:08 +0300 Boris Samorodov wrote: > On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 08:17:24 -0600 Chris wrote: > > > Additionally - mergemasted can be skipped if the Op does not have > > custom tweaks to files in /etc. > > Yes and no... > > Yes to "mergemaster -p" -- it may be skipped in short jumps. But > better safe than sorry -- as for me I use it always. It's not too > hard anyway. ;-) > > No to "mergemaster -i" -- this step is mandatory. One may (though > rarely but nevertheless may) get an unbootable host without this > step. While this may be true - I never use mmaster with incremental upgrades. I do however with full version jumps - never had a system go bad - of course, your mileage may vary. -- Best regards, Chris C-3PO: R2 says that the chances of survival are 725 to 1. Actually R2 has been known to make mistakes - from time to time... Oh dear...