Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 22:11:42 -0500 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Olivier Nicole <Olivier.Nicole@cs.ait.ac.th> Cc: psteele@maxiscale.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is proper process for source installs? Message-ID: <4ad871310912081911o6dd6b279k115df7a912d7818b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200912090300.nB930sgQ083464@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> References: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33D0D678@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <200912090300.nB930sgQ083464@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi, On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Olivier Nicole <Olivier.Nicole@cs.ait.ac.th> wrote: > Hi, > >> and so on. So it's safe to say just merging the trees like this >> isn't the way to go. What is the proper process to finish a bsd >> image after installworld and installkernel is done? > > Not sure what you are trying to do, but usually you better follow the > instructions from /usr/src/UPDATING. > +1 > By the way, I beleive a good part of /etc is installed/reinstalled by a > make installworld and/or mergemaster. > Configuration files are untouched by 'installworld'. I've found on systems with major /etc/* changes, the following is the path of least resistance, quickest, and best at providing a "backup plan" before running mergemaster: # cd / # tar cvvf `hostname`.etcbak.tar etc # mv etc /somewhere/safe # mergemaster -iFUP You can also set IGNORE_FILES in /etc/mergemaster.rc. mergemaster(8) for more information on that. Regards, -- Glen Barber
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4ad871310912081911o6dd6b279k115df7a912d7818b>