Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:03:38 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Janos Mohacsi <mohacsi@niif.hu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using freebsd-update to revert back to GENERIC config files? Message-ID: <20131111220338.ed645ada.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <52813F9D.5090802@niif.hu> References: <52813F9D.5090802@niif.hu>
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On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:35:41 +0100, Janos Mohacsi wrote: > Is there a clean way to overvwrite these files with the GENERIC during > 9.2-RELEASE upgrade? Don't confuse GENERIC (the name of the configuration file for the kernel distributed with FreeBSD releases) with the stock configuration files. There is no direct relationship. You could try to copy the (unmodified, stock) configuration files if you have used freebsd-update to get the "src" distribution, i. e. the /usr/src tree. Here you will find the /usr/src/etc directory from which you could "make install", and there's also the /usr/src/etc/mail subdirectory with the configuration files that would go to /etc/mail - you can try to copy them manually. Of course, it's "cleaner" to use mergemaster to deal with modified configuration files, such as it is being done around a "make installworld" run, but as you said you're using the binary update method, the system should forgive my suggestion of the unholy blasphemy that arises from manually copying files. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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