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Date:      Tue, 25 Feb 1997 11:17:42 +0000
From:      Nik Clayton <nik@blueberry.co.uk>
To:        Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Cc:        Mark Mayo <mark@quickweb.com>, Chris Shenton <cshenton@it.hq.nasa.gov>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: migrating 2.1.7 -> 2.2: simple or hairy?
Message-ID:  <19970225111742.05175@coconut.blueberry.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970225083558.j@uriah.heep.sax.de>; from J Wunsch on Feb 02, 1997 at 08:35:58AM %2B0100
References:  <Mutt.19970224234631.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970224201820.6213C-100000@vinyl.quickweb.com> <Mutt.19970225083558.j@uriah.heep.sax.de>

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On Feb 02, 1997 at 08:35:58AM +0100, J Wunsch wrote:
> > > Don't forget your /etc updates...
> > >
> > Curious.. is /etc/ updated with a "src-all" line in the cvsup file?
> 
> No.  It will update /usr/src/etc, but (naturally) not /etc.
> 
> You can wipe out your old /etc by
> 
> 	cd /usr/src/etc
> 	make distribution

For more info about this, see the file FBSD_UPGRADE in /pub/FreeBSD/incoming,
which is a write up of my recent experiences (I've submitted a PR asking 
for people to look at it (docs/2810), but I guess appealing to a wider 
audience isn't going to hurt.

Comments and feedback welcome.

N
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