Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 21:32:23 -0800 (PST) From: Joseph Stein <joes@seaport.net> To: syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au (Stephen McKay) Cc: dhawk@river.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: Trying to upgrade: 2.1.7.1 to 2.2.5 (upgrading /etc) Message-ID: <199711130532.VAA02677@shasta.wstein.com> In-Reply-To: <199711130356.NAA25461@ogre.dtir.qld.gov.au> from Stephen McKay at "Nov 13, 97 01:56:31 pm"
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> 6) update /etc from /usr/src/etc by hand, very carefully. I've gotten pretty good at this. I have been doing just '/usr/bin/time make update world >& /usr/src/log& ; sleep 5 && tail -f /usr/src/log' but recently started making update first, and then.... (drum roll, please) ----- mkdir /var/tmp/n cd /usr/src/etc make distrib-dirs DESTDIR=/var/tmp/n make distribution DESTDIR=/var/tmp/n cd /var/tmp/n/etc diff -r --paginate /etc . | lpr ----- I don't update rc.conf (I use it stock, and override everything in /etc/rc.conf.local), so usually it is just a matter of copying over and/or merging in the .conf files in the /etc directory (syslog.conf, etc). When the make world finishes, I make a new kernel, rebuild sendmail (I've got my own hacks built in), build Bind-8.1.1, and then, from single user mode I ... ----- mv /var/tmp/n/dev / mv /var/tmp/n/etc / ----- Works pretty well....
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