Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2016 10:49:04 -0800 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Michael Gmelin <grembo@freebsd.org>, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Subject: Re: after update to r292778 no interface ath0 and wlan0 Message-ID: <8663632.xqvS8b7ZrH@ralph.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <20160107165507.0ce7e874@bsd64.grem.de> References: <20160107014958.GA1697@c720-r285885-amd64> <20160107114950.GA2808@c720-r285885-amd64> <20160107165507.0ce7e874@bsd64.grem.de>
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On Thursday, January 07, 2016 04:55:07 PM Michael Gmelin wrote: > On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 12:49:50 +0100 > Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote: > > > El día Thursday, January 07, 2016 a las 03:04:24AM +0100, Michael > > Gmelin escribió: > > > > > > wlans_ath0="wlan0" > > > > ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" > > > > > > > > (i.e. unchanged as they worked before); in dmesg the aht0 is > > > > shown as usual with: > > > > > > > > > > See > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/2015-August/042976.html > > > and don't forget to run mergemaster to update rc scripts. > > > > A side question or remark on this: Why I do understand that certain > > files (like: /etc/group, /etc/motd, ...) must be overwritten or > > merged or ignored with the files from the new installworld, I do not > > understand why the script files in /etc/rc.d or /etc are not just > > overwritten with the new files; > > > > these files are not meant to be changed by the system admin, they are > > just new software; > > This shouldn't be a problem when using freebsd-update. While following > CURRENT I find the idea of finding manual/local changes done by the > local admin/developer quite useful (it's a bit of a philosophical > question/my opinion). > > "mergemaster -a" isn't the correct way to update (see mergemaster(8) > and /usr/src/UPDATING), either use "mergemaster -i" > or "mergemaster -iF" (I use the latter, as I don't usually don't mess > with rc scripts myself). > > Things might change if/once base is installed using pkg(8). etcupdate(8) uses a more automated process than mergemaster and will generally update unmodified files in /etc automatically without having to page through diffs, etc. -- John Baldwinhelp
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