From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 20 12:45:23 2009 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 6A26A1065689 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:45:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36FDE8FC2F for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:45:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from sarevok.dnr.servegame.org (mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B56F7E838; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:45:22 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:45:20 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.2 (FreeBSD/8.0-CURRENT; KDE/4.2.2; i386; ; ) References: <0113E8BD-A952-47C0-8262-BB51C802D975@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <0113E8BD-A952-47C0-8262-BB51C802D975@lafn.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200904201445.20548.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: John Almberg Subject: Re: Upgrading from 6.3 to 7.1 -- how dangerous? 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: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:45:24 -0000 On Sunday 19 April 2009 19:42:39 Doug Hardie wrote: > While most of the update process is > waiting for things to complete, mergemaster requires a lot of > responses to a ton of questions about updates to configuration files. > The vast majority of those will be to install the new version. > However, there are some where you really need to review the changes > and make sure your unique configuration gets carried over into the new > files. Its really easy to get into the "i" mode and skip right > through some of those. The recovery from that will be painful. -iU is your friend. Only painful if you have custom rc.d files that depend on functionality in other rc.d files. -i => install files that do not exist yet -U => upgrade files that you have not modified It's a blessing and reduces much of mergemaster's operator attention. -- Mel