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Date:      Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:24:06 -0700
From:      Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>
To:        Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
Cc:        Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>, Thomas Mueller <mueller6727@bellsouth.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Upgrade from source to RC1: problems with /etc : lost users and dbus
Message-ID:  <B0DE043A-58D6-445B-B838-A8090FD948A9@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20111027111451.GO63910@hoeg.nl>
References:  <20111027102208.88BFB106564A@hub.freebsd.org> <CAFHbX1%2BWPM0E%2BUGpKKVb8WoNyeYBOp5GdrF59E3sgRp1TM8VRg@mail.gmail.com> <20111027111451.GO63910@hoeg.nl>

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On Oct 27, 2011, at 4:14 AM, Ed Schouten wrote:

> * Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>, 20111027 13:06:
>> I have had this happen before, the PEBKAC. When running mergemaster,
>> it will prompt you to install new passwd, master.passwd and group
>> files - if you have added local users you must not say yes to this,
>> you must either merge the changes in or keep your local one.
>=20
> It would have been so awesome if our /etc/master.passwd and /etc/group
> included an #include directive.

Or a tool like etcupdate, which provides 3-way diff functionality, was =
available in base..
-Garrett=



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