Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 00:14:12 -0700 From: Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> To: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> Cc: Ryan Newman <ryannewman47@hotmail.com> Subject: RE: mergemaster just screwed me Message-ID: <1097133252.92555.1.camel@server> In-Reply-To: <20041007015527.M6673@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> References: <BAY15-F22SVMum03yMJ0000281c@hotmail.com> <20041007015527.M6673@alpha.siliconlandmark.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 22:59, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: > On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Ryan Newman wrote: > > >> From: Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> > >> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org > >> Subject: mergemaster just screwed me > >> Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 11:48:58 -0700 > >> > >> I just ran mergemaster and it deleted my named.conf and everything > >> else. I'm guessing it did an rm /etc/namedb/* or something like that. > >> My system was setup correctly with /etc/namedb linked to > >> /var/named/etc/namedb and it was all placed properly. :( > > > > This sounds scary. Does fbsd need something other than mergemaster or is > > this just a bug likes to randomly remove files ? > > I don't mean to be an ass, but you *need to read UPDATING* when you > upgrade CURRENT. The 20040928 entry detailed the steps required for a > smooth transition from bind8 to bind9. I don't take your comment as anything but informative. In my case, however, I *DID* read UPDATING and I followed it completely. My system was completely working with bind9 and then I did a mergemaster and it wiped out all my settings!!!! Cheers, Sean [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBZOzEyQsGN30uGE4RAvuZAJ4xNI6VUYk4hWY9CzCRUc4CH24L+wCgqdiA VhzVBoEjdaZXD2T6r4mCd7Q= =oZi0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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