Date: 24 Dec 1999 16:34:02 -0500 From: Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make world /etc update Message-ID: <87ln6k6n1x.fsf@main.wgaf.net> In-Reply-To: Joseph Wright's message of "Fri, 24 Dec 1999 21:20:40 GMT" References: <19991224.21204000@mammalia.sea>
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Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com> writes: > I recently updated all my sources with -stable, then I did make world > in the /usr/src directory. Later I learned that I must update the > /etc directory by hand. How do I do this, and why? All my > configuration files are unchanged. I'm running 3.4-RELEASE. Thanks > in advance, Joseph Wright. Handbook's section 18.4.6 explains both "why" and "how". In short, you need to do it because from release to release there might appear new or updated files in /etc; diff is your friend. -- Arcady Genkin http://wgaf.dyndns.org "'What good is my pity? Is not the pity the cross upon which he who loves man is nailed?..'" (Zarathustra - F. Nietzsche) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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