Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 11:22:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Edwin Culp <eculp@mexcom.net> Cc: nik@iii.co.uk, bboone@whro.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Updating EXISTING system... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971024111917.3335A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <3450A473.77547AA4@mexcom.net>
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On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Edwin Culp wrote:
> 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
> > --
Actually it would be nice if there were a README file in /usr/src
that gave information of this type. It should be unnecessary to either
search the archives (how would one know what to search for in advance?)
or....if it's not a "current event," following the mailing lists won't
help.
> 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?
>
I was wondering about that myself.
Annelise
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