From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 9 19:40:03 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBBDF16A403 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 19:40:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [69.147.83.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9793D13C468 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 19:40:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l49Je3Ie066831 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 19:40:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id l49Je3Y6066828; Wed, 9 May 2007 19:40:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 19:40:03 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200705091940.l49Je3Y6066828@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Vivek Khera Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0BC516A404 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 19:39:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from khera@kcilink.com) Received: from yertle.kcilink.com (thingy.kcilink.com [74.92.149.59]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B24013C487 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 19:39:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from khera@kcilink.com) Received: by yertle.kcilink.com (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 8649FB855; Wed, 9 May 2007 15:39:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20070509193930.8649FB855@yertle.kcilink.com> Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 15:39:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Vivek Khera To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Cc: Subject: bin/112552: binary upgrade from CD stomps /etc/named/named.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Vivek Khera List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 19:40:03 -0000 >Number: 112552 >Category: bin >Synopsis: binary upgrade from CD stomps /etc/named/named.conf >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed May 09 19:40:02 GMT 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Vivek Khera >Release: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE amd64 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD yertle.int.kcilink.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 08:32:24 UTC 2007 root@portnoy.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: I upgraded my 6.2-PRE system (installed via buildworld) using the 6.2-REL CD. Everything went exceptionally well, except when all was said and done, /etc/namedb/named.conf was stomped over by the stock system version. The logic that preserves the contents of /etc doens't seem to chase after the symlinks that point /etc/namedb over to /var directory. It was trivial to restore for me since I took an ffs_mksnap snapshot of each file system before upgrading :-) Nonetheless it was very tricky to figure out why DNS wasn't working quite right on my network. >How-To-Repeat: perform binary upgrade from the 6.2 CD. >Fix: teach the /etc save/restore routines about chasing symlinks. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: