From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 12 16:38:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D3C216AAE5 for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 16:38:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from work@ashleymoran.me.uk) Received: from mercureh.reacthosting.com (reacthosting.com [195.177.245.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A899A43D6B for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 16:38:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from work@ashleymoran.me.uk) Received: from hosta.jigsawfinance.com ([213.106.224.113] helo=alfie.jigsawhq.com) by mercureh.reacthosting.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1FeaeQ-0005Rm-SP for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 12 May 2006 17:38:02 +0100 From: Ashley Moran Organization: Codeweavers Ltd To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 17:37:33 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200605121737.33180.work@ashleymoran.me.uk> X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - mercureh.reacthosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [26 6] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - ashleymoran.me.uk X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Upgrading 6.0 to 6.1 with etcmerge 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: Fri, 12 May 2006 16:38:08 -0000 I've got a few 6.0-RELEASE machines I want to bring up to date. I want to use etcmerge because mergemaster scares the bejesus out of me. I can create a copy of the standard 6.0-REL /etc using mergemaster, and copying /var/tmp/temproot/src to /var/db/src, that's no problem But I notice /usr/src/UPDATING contains the following: 20060204: The 'audit' group was added to support the new auditing functionality in the base system. Be sure to follow the directions for updating, including the requirement to run mergemaster -p. So I figure after rebooting into single user mode and installing the new world, I have to take an extra step? I never figured out how to deal with the binary password db with etc merge, and I can't see anything in the man page. I hope someone can clear it up. I assume etcmerge is widely used, but it's not been updated (significantly) for so long I'm not sure. (Personally I think it should be in the base system!) Thanks Ashley -- "If you do it the stupid way, you will have to do it again" - Gregory Chudnovsky