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Date:      Wed, 18 Jun 1997 15:13:55 +0100
From:      Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>
To:        Marcus Haebler <mh@muenster.net>
Cc:        Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to update /etc like sysinstall
Message-ID:  <19970618151355.17515@pavilion.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970618140654.9797B-100000@ns.muenster.net>; from Marcus Haebler on Wed, Jun 18, 1997 at 02:21:01PM %2B0200
References:  <199706170827.KAA25246@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> <Pine.BSF.3.95.970618140654.9797B-100000@ns.muenster.net>

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On Wed, Jun 18, 1997 at 02:21:01PM +0200, Marcus Haebler wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Wolfgang Helbig wrote:
> > /etc is treated special by ``make world'': Your /etc directory is not
> > touched at all. That means you have to upgrade your /etc files from
> > /usr/src/etc manually. 
> I am searching for the method to update the /etc like sysinstall does it.
> sysinstall just tells me all the files it cannot update automatically and
> automatically updates the rest. Is this mechanism somehow accessible from
> the Makefiles in the source tree? I have to update 8 machines and it would
> make life a lot easier if I had access to that mechanism.
> 

I had to do the same.  There is unfortunately no auto mechanism yet,
mainly because etc is still pretty user tunable.  Jordan will be able
to tell you more though, I'm sure.

Joe
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Pavilion Internet plc.  [Tel: +44 1273 607072  Fax: +44 1273 607073]




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