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Date:      Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:45:51 +0000
From:      Rasputin <rasputin@submonkey.net>
To:        j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ETA for 4.6?
Message-ID:  <20020125134551.A4767@shikima.mine.nu>
In-Reply-To: <20020125133452.A76185@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 01:34:52PM %2B0000
References:  <20020124173745.A69326@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <8CF30AE8-1147-11D6-876A-000393092F82@mac.com> <20020125133452.A76185@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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* j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> [020125 13:40]:
> | you don't have to wait till 4.6 to at least upgrade. if your current 
> | kernel has been fine for a while,get rid of /kernel.old and /modules.old 
> | and /etc.old if they exist, let installworld make new ones. if the new 
> 
> I didn't know there was an /etc.old.  If that's the case, I might try an
> upgrade via cvs.

The build process doesn't create one automatically - but generally, it's 
a good idea to

cp -Rp /etc/ /etc.old (or to /var/tmp/etc.monday, whatever)
before doing a mergemaster.

-- 
Pretend to spank me -- I'm a pseudo-masochist!
Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns ::

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