Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 17:17:57 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mergemaster after upgrade Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912221716560.16947-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <34730.945881969@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote: >> Well i ran mergemaster, and now i am thoroughly confused. I understand >> what it is doing, but the question is, if i leave everything AS-IS, will i >> lose functionality? > >Possibly, yes. In fact, you may lose your machine. For example, if >a new and terrifying feature is introduced into the kernel and it is >turned off in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, you won't have the new rc.conf, so >it's conceivable that the feature may be turned on at boot time. So the best bet is to just carefully go through mergemaster, and figure out what everything means? Then decide whether it needs merging or not? -jm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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