Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 09:40:52 +0200 From: "Matthias Andree" <ma@dt.e-technik.tu-dortmund.de> To: "Daniel Gerzo" <danger@freebsd.org>, "Manolis Kiagias" <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> Cc: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_7 - has mergemaster changed logic since 7.2-RELEASE? Message-ID: <op.utjt91lkt6kky0@merlin.emma.line.org> In-Reply-To: <49FFEECE.20403@FreeBSD.org> References: <20090504225012.392fa49f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <49FF5901.600@gmail.com> <49FFEECE.20403@FreeBSD.org>
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Am 05.05.2009, 09:46 Uhr, schrieb Daniel Gerzo <danger@freebsd.org>: > Manolis Kiagias wrote: > >> I always use -iU too. >> I've lost motd, passwd, group and master.passwd >> During mergemaster -p I was asked to merge changes to some of these, and >> still they were replaced with the newer versions. I don't know what went >> wrong but have restored them from backup. (I always tar /etc before a >> source upgrade). Upgrading another system using freebsd-update did not >> cause any problem. > > I have the same experience while I was upgrading a few machines > upgrading from RELENG_7 to RELENG_7_2. I haven't experienced when > upgrading from 7.1-R to 7.2-R. Careful there - RELENG_7 is _newer_ than RELENG_7_2. The latter is branched off RELENG_7 at some point and progresses much slower (as in: errata and security, but no development), so that's no "update", but often the reverse. -- Matthias Andree
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