From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 7 14:53:23 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E5EF37B437; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 14:53:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lakemtao02.cox.net (lakemtao02.cox.net [68.1.17.243]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AEC443F3F; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 14:53:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dpuryear@usa.net) Received: from dpboxen.usa.net ([68.108.224.34]) by lakemtao02.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20030707215320.JQEH24359.lakemtao02.cox.net@dpboxen.usa.net>; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 17:53:20 -0400 Message-Id: <5.2.1.1.0.20030707163654.03031948@pop.netaddress.com> X-Sender: dpuryear@pop.netaddress.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 16:39:23 -0500 To: fcash@sd73.bc.ca From: Dustin Puryear In-Reply-To: <200307071427.54166.fcash@sd73.bc.ca> References: <5.2.1.1.0.20030707161332.03031948@pop.netaddress.com> <5.2.1.1.0.20030707155536.063a9d78@pop.netaddress.com> <5.2.1.1.0.20030707161332.03031948@pop.netaddress.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: stable@freebsd.org cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.4-REL to FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE upgrade problem. X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 21:53:24 -0000 At 02:27 PM 7/7/2003 -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: >On July 7, 2003 02:19 pm, you wrote: > From the man page for mergemaster: > -p Pre-buildworld mode. Compares only files known to be >essen- > tial to the success of {build|install}world, including > /etc/make.conf. > >There is a blurb near the top that mentions running pwd_mkdb with the -p >option to rebuild the master password file. I think this is what is >confusing you. My manpage must be outdated or just wrong then: # man mergemaster | grep -- -p the -p option to rebuild your password databases and recreate This is from a longer paragraph, and no mention is made of "Pre-buildworld mode". This may be indeed what is throwing me. There seems to also be an error in /usr/src/Makefile since it states that: # For individuals wanting to upgrade their sources (even if only a # delta of a few days): # # 1. `cd /usr/src' (or to the directory containing your source tree). # 2. `make buildworld' # 3. `make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC). # 4. `make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC). # 5. `reboot' (in single user mode: boot -s from the loader prompt). # 6. `mergemaster -p' # 7. `make installworld' # 8. `mergemaster' # 9. `reboot' Notice that there is no mention of mergemaster until step 6. This is a test system, but it's remote and I don't want to clobber it unnecessarily. --- Dustin Puryear Puryear Information Technology, LLC Providing expertise in the management, integration, and security of Windows and UNIX systems, networks, and applications.