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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Lemle Geza wrote:

>  I currently run 2.1.7-STABLE. I want to upgrade to 2.2.1-RELEASE.
> Is it possible to upgrade the source tree by using cvsup and than typing
> make world ?

Yes, sort of.

>  If I compile the whole system by typing make world, does it overwrite my
> /etc directory (master.passwd, aliases, etc..) ?

/etc and your kernel aren't touched.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major