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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