From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 27 23:02:10 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3E8116A403 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:02:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric@mikestammer.com) Received: from smtp101.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp101.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.229.104]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7DEC813C489 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:02:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric@mikestammer.com) Received: (qmail 29465 invoked from network); 27 Jan 2007 23:02:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.mikestammer.com) (mikestammer@sbcglobal.net@70.131.134.249 with login) by smtp101.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Jan 2007 23:02:07 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: 5YCyAxYVM1kCXalHm_8kw__5O8RcbnyXYrMLEUzwIJ62R23A9lp9Wh3TtP.Qsx2Bbg1ZpL.YmNrzk1MCsQvPRxDFRy3PVtKq6zJqGYgByPAC0o5Q9fpS4clNuHei2.ktl4Nev9EoMJBsELM3mam7xawd0ExzgGFLiHhq9Eqy6bmogmZARI4jhJp5Vv9E Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ADFF1146C for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:02:07 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mikestammer.com Received: from mail.mikestammer.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gondolin.middleearth.mikestammer.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id c3Y1YeDrTuRA for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:02:04 -0600 (CST) Received: from [192.168.0.22] (adsl-70-131-134-249.dsl.emhril.sbcglobal.net [70.131.134.249]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: eric) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48E041141B for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:02:03 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <45BBD9DA.2010008@mikestammer.com> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:01:46 -0600 From: Eric User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0b2 (Windows/20070116) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20070127193731.F285616A49E@hub.freebsd.org> <200701271211.47434.odilist@sonic.net> <63594.192.168.11.7.1169937365.squirrel@lists.lc-words.com> In-Reply-To: <63594.192.168.11.7.1169937365.squirrel@lists.lc-words.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: How to upgrade an exist freebsd to freebsd6.2 ? 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: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:02:10 -0000 Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Hello, > > Oliver Iberien wrote: > >> Would you be able to say what you *should* have told mergemaster? Were >> there any other tricky mergemaster bits that you did correctly but are >> worth pointing out? >> in a nutshell take everything it offers you unless you KNOW you have changed it. this would include things like the group file and the master.passwd file. in almost every case you will NOT want to install those but rather want to merge them or add the new entries on your own. Just make sure you backup before you start and you should be fine =) Eric