From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 7 07:14:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCA8716A4CE for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 07:14:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.mcneil.com (mcneil.com [24.199.45.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEE7843D67 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 07:14:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sean@mcneil.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.mcneil.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mcneil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AFB7F1BED; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:14:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.mcneil.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server.mcneil.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 92458-01; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:14:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [24.199.45.54] (mcneil.com [24.199.45.54]) by mail.mcneil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B922F196E; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:14:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean McNeil To: Andre Guibert de Bruet In-Reply-To: <20041007015527.M6673@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> References: <20041007015527.M6673@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-l+NierweRmYLXVeb1zV/" Message-Id: <1097133252.92555.1.camel@server> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 00:14:12 -0700 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mcneil.com cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: Ryan Newman Subject: RE: mergemaster just screwed me X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 07:14:15 -0000 --=-l+NierweRmYLXVeb1zV/ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 22:59, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: > On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Ryan Newman wrote: >=20 > >> From: Sean McNeil > >> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org > >> Subject: mergemaster just screwed me > >> Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 11:48:58 -0700 > >>=20 > >> I just ran mergemaster and it deleted my named.conf and everything > >> else. I'm guessing it did an rm /etc/namedb/* or something like that. > >> My system was setup correctly with /etc/namedb linked to > >> /var/named/etc/namedb and it was all placed properly. :( > > > > This sounds scary. Does fbsd need something other than mergemaster or = is=20 > > this just a bug likes to randomly remove files ? >=20 > I don't mean to be an ass, but you *need to read UPDATING* when you=20 > upgrade CURRENT. The 20040928 entry detailed the steps required for a=20 > smooth transition from bind8 to bind9. I don't take your comment as anything but informative. In my case, however, I *DID* read UPDATING and I followed it completely. My system was completely working with bind9 and then I did a mergemaster and it wiped out all my settings!!!! Cheers, Sean --=-l+NierweRmYLXVeb1zV/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBZOzEyQsGN30uGE4RAvuZAJ4xNI6VUYk4hWY9CzCRUc4CH24L+wCgqdiA VhzVBoEjdaZXD2T6r4mCd7Q= =oZi0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-l+NierweRmYLXVeb1zV/--