From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 22 9: 2: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D561914D91 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 1999 09:02:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.11 #1) id 120p6n-00092B-00; Wed, 22 Dec 1999 18:59:29 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mergemaster after upgrade In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 22 Dec 1999 16:43:20 GMT." Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 18:59:29 +0200 Message-ID: <34730.945881969@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 16:43:20 GMT, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > Well i ran mergemaster, and now i am thoroughly confused. I understand > what it is doing, but the question is, if i leave everything AS-IS, will i > lose functionality? Possibly, yes. In fact, you may lose your machine. For example, if a new and terrifying feature is introduced into the kernel and it is turned off in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, you won't have the new rc.conf, so it's conceivable that the feature may be turned on at boot time. Of course, this shouldn't happen. But we all know what that means. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message