Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 15:13:55 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: Marcus Haebler <mh@muenster.net> Cc: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to update /etc like sysinstall Message-ID: <19970618151355.17515@pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970618140654.9797B-100000@ns.muenster.net>; from Marcus Haebler on Wed, Jun 18, 1997 at 02:21:01PM %2B0200 References: <199706170827.KAA25246@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> <Pine.BSF.3.95.970618140654.9797B-100000@ns.muenster.net>
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On Wed, Jun 18, 1997 at 02:21:01PM +0200, Marcus Haebler wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Wolfgang Helbig wrote: > > /etc is treated special by ``make world'': Your /etc directory is not > > touched at all. That means you have to upgrade your /etc files from > > /usr/src/etc manually. > I am searching for the method to update the /etc like sysinstall does it. > sysinstall just tells me all the files it cannot update automatically and > automatically updates the rest. Is this mechanism somehow accessible from > the Makefiles in the source tree? I have to update 8 machines and it would > make life a lot easier if I had access to that mechanism. > I had to do the same. There is unfortunately no auto mechanism yet, mainly because etc is still pretty user tunable. Jordan will be able to tell you more though, I'm sure. Joe -- Josef Karthauser Technical Manager Email: joe@pavilion.net Pavilion Internet plc. [Tel: +44 1273 607072 Fax: +44 1273 607073]
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