Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 14:03:22 +0100 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: Peter Olsson <list-freebsd-stable@jyborn.se>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: There has to be a better way of merging /etc during a major freebsd-update Message-ID: <54FEEB9A.3020407@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <20150310120540.GN8223@pol-server.leissner.se> References: <20150310120540.GN8223@pol-server.leissner.se>
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Peter Olsson wrote on 03/10/2015 13:05: [...] > (I amused myself by counting all files during this stage. > I had to answer y to about 320 files, most of which only > had changes in the ID.) > > This was my first upgrade from 8.4 to 9.3. I have 30 more to go > before the 8.4 EoL this summer. I see 30 completely unnecessarily > wasted hours in my future... > And think of the combined lost man hours worldwide in these upgrades! > Merge seems to be a really stupid choice for major upgrades. [...] This and some other problems with freebsd-update (hanging on the reboot after update) turns me back to using source compiled upgrades. I am compiling 10.1 right now to do the upgrades from 8.4 to 10.1 on 15 machines. Once compiled, I will NFS mount /usr/src and /usr/obj to all machines and will run installkernel, installworld and mergemaster with customized .mergemasterrc. It is more reliable and predictable upgrade, than freebsd-update. (I used freebsd-update for many years, but enough is enough) Miroslav Lachman PS: on PC-BSD there is etcupdate for merging changed files in /etc
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