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Subject: misc/1784: 2.1.5 update destroys old /etc/sysconfig
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>Number:         1784
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       2.1.5 update destroys the old sysconfig file
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Oct 13 05:10:01 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Lutz Albers
>Organization:
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386
>Environment:

System running 2.1R updated to 2.1.5R using the CD-ROM.

>Description:

During the update all /etc files will be saved in a custom directory.
The /etc/sysconfig is not saved, but overwritten with the new sysconfig file
from the 2.1.5 release.

You loose all your system configuration.

>How-To-Repeat:

Update your system.

>Fix:
	
installUpgrade.c calls in line 267 the function copySelf. This function will
copy the /etc files on the floppy (services, protocol, sysconfig) to the disc.
At this point the old sysconfig file is overwritten !!!
The /etc directory is saved later with this already overwritten files.

Maybe you should save the /etc files BEFORE calling copySelf ?
>Audit-Trail:
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