From owner-freebsd-install Fri Feb 6 18:37:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA19960 for freebsd-install-outgoing; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 18:37:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-install@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sendero.simon-shapiro.org (sendero-fxp0.Simon-Shapiro.ORG [206.190.148.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA19955 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 18:37:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shimon@sendero-fxp0.simon-shapiro.org) Received: (qmail 23216 invoked by uid 1000); 7 Feb 1998 02:43:58 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3-alpha-012698 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <00f101bd334a$db184800$3671060c@ntwksbry.walls-media.com> Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 18:43:58 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Organization: The Simon Shapiro Foundation From: Simon Shapiro To: Bryan Bunch Subject: RE: Updating files after 'make world' Cc: freebsd-install@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-install@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe freebsd-install" On 06-Feb-98 Bryan Bunch wrote: > I have recently downloaded the source via cvsup and ran a 'make > world'. In looking at the documentation, I am a little confused about > merging and copying files into my / dir. The document I am looking at > is titled "'Making the World' your own" found at: > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/upgrade/upgrade.html . There is a > list of files to copy and merge and the merge is pretty > straightforward, but some of the copy files are passwd, group, etc. > Surely copy does not mean to copy the new passwd file in > /var/tmp/root/etc to my /etc dir, does it? If so, this means > overwriting my existing passwd file with the new one that does not > have current entries in it. Do I have this backward or am I missing > something? I am sure you will get a more accurate, authoritative, and correct answer, but I simply do ``make buildworld && make installworld''. This seems to do the job very well without any intervention. ---------- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG Voice: 503.799.2313