Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 12:29:14 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, dillon@apollo.backplane.com Subject: Re: Uh oh... Message-ID: <8532.912630554@zippy.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 03 Dec 1998 00:04:08 %2B1100." <199812021304.AAA09902@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> >> `make world' is not permitted to change /etc. Especially not > >> /etc/master.passwd when installing to DESTDIR=/mnt/root. > > > >Normally I'd agree, but... Your counter-suggestion? > > `vipw' is good enough for bootstrapping to -current. Balls. You and I know both that this just isn't going to fly with the kinds of -current runners we're getting these days. They're going to complain bitterly. > For 2.2.5R we apparently required manual configuration to add group > network which is required for at least the installation of ppp. > This didn't seem to cause many problems. `make release' should Hahahahahahahahahaha. Thanks for the good laugh, Bruce, it's now very plain to me that you haven't been spending much time on the front lines of tech support lately. They raised the roof over that one! It's an excellent example of what I'm worried about, however, and I'm glad you brought it up. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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