Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:10:17 +1030 From: Ian <no-spam@people.net.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to re-start freebsd-update? Message-ID: <200901240910.25150.no-spam@people.net.au> In-Reply-To: <200901231232.45896.no-spam@people.net.au> References: <200901231232.45896.no-spam@people.net.au>
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--nextPart5737263.p8zlZ28J5j Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:32:39 Ian wrote: > Hi, > I've started upgrading a machine from 7.0 to 7.1 using freebsd-update. It= 's > the first time I've upgraded to a new os version with it (always used > cvsup/ make world & mergemaster before). > > All was going well until it came to merging the new & old conf files. I > wasn't quite sure what to do when asked to edit some of the files (it's n= ot > the same as mergemaster), so I did what I thought was best (having made a > backup of /etc first!) > > Anyway, once that was finished, it then showed me the resulting merged > files and asked if each one looked reasonable. I answered yes to the first > one, but with the second file wasn't right, so I answered no - assuming it > would give me the chance to edit the file again (like mergemaster does). > > Instead it just dumped me back at the command prompt with no indication as > to how to proceed from there. > > I tried running the freebsd-update install command again, but it said no > updates are available to install, run freebsd-update fetch first. > > Is there some way I can resume the upgrade process? Or do I need to do a > rollback and then fetch & update again? > > Cheers, Well I ended up doing a rollback and then ran the update again. It didn't t= ry=20 to download all the updates again, just installed them again, so it wasn't = so=20 painful. Now I understand how to use the conf file merging part, it's all=20 very easy and seems to have worked correctly - very nice! Cheers, =2D-=20 Ian gpg key: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~imoore/no-spam.asc --nextPart5737263.p8zlZ28J5j Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkl6R1kACgkQPUlnmbKkJ6AXkwCcDvPauJLuCIsuWZ3opJ7MMyHj X68AnjCPVdT7cCPc5tjKPLBb2BIvs5Sj =OpyJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart5737263.p8zlZ28J5j--
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