From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 23 18:37:58 2004 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 327A516A4CE; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:37:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBB6543D55; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:37:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i8NIebpp028721; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:40:37 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id i8NIeb1Q028720; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:40:37 -0700 Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:40:37 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040923184037.GE25699@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <20040920211231.89904.qmail@web53808.mail.yahoo.com> <200409201753.38308.so14k@so14k.com> <414F9C6D.9020709@corp.grupos.com.br> <20040921041017.GA963@tomcat.kitchenlab.org> <127205680265.20040920222835@takeda.tk> <20040921154116.GB36705@tomcat.kitchenlab.org> <12247499375.20040921100534@takeda.tk> <20040923155419.GB53845@tomcat.kitchenlab.org> <56421822718.20040923103059@takeda.tk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="EgVrEAR5UttbsTXg" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <56421822718.20040923103059@takeda.tk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu cc: "Bruce A. Mah" Subject: Re: upgrade questions 4.10 -> 5-stable 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: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:37:58 -0000 --EgVrEAR5UttbsTXg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 10:30:59AM -0700, Dariusz Kulinski wrote: > Hello Bruce, >=20 > Thursday, September 23, 2004, 8:54:19 AM, you wrote: >=20 > >> What about directories that I definitively shouldn't restore, for > >> example: > >> /usr/include /usr/lib most likely /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /stand > >> and so on, maybe that could help me better. >=20 > > Here's the deal. For any of the systems I maintain, I wouldn't > > restore any of these from backups after a source upgrade because in > > general, those directories contain *only* files installed from the > > base system. But how can I tell how *you* have *your* system set up? >=20 > Well, I'm avoiding to change anything in system files, and all > additional stuff I'm actually putting in /usr/local. >=20 > I'm interested about directories that are changed by system/system > programs - I belive most confusing is /var in theory there shouldn't > be anything important there (well except logs), but I already noticed > there is mail, crontab jobs, informations what ports were installed > even mysql port install database there.=20 By design /var contains things that change frequently during system operation, not things that are unimportant. Thing in /var/run and /var/tmp are required to be things you can lose, but many of the rest of the directories are of crucial importance. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --EgVrEAR5UttbsTXg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBUxikXY6L6fI4GtQRAsnkAJ9yea+tYenc36Z5gIQ8X6OO95mLmQCfX2ff DaVHmKY0YTBHmUB2ET7Z30U= =aKMz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EgVrEAR5UttbsTXg--