Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 23:22:29 -0700 From: "Rob Lytle" <jan6146@gmail.com> To: "Jeremy Chadwick" <koitsu@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: today's build is causing errors for me / Fixed for now Message-ID: <784966050805152322n5e03b67bhc29d912860c0c3c3@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Jeremy, I always back up /etc before I upgrade the system. The old /etc works just fine. I will eventually go back in and check out the new /etc to see what is wrong. Sincerely, Rob. On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:17 PM, Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:04:34PM -0700, Rob Lytle wrote: > > Hi Jeremy, > > > > I used Mergemaster. Thats what I mean't when I said that I carefully > > "merged" /usr/src/etc/ with /etc. But like I said, no files were > > replaced that contained my own configuration, e.g. group. I will say > > this- that I have always considered Mergemaster a confusing mess, > > despite the dogma on the lists. I have been running FreeBSD and > > installing it since 1998, so I have some experience- but this is new > > behavior beyond my previous experiences. > > "Permission denied" could imply that the rc scripts aren't set to > executable. Possibly a umask problem? > > Additionally, mergemaster isn't a confusing mess. If anything, it's one > of the most simple tools there is for managing /etc. The part you > probably find "confusing", which is the same part I did when I started > using it, is the side-by-side interactive diff. It's very easy to use; > "r" means use the text shown on the right, and "l" means use the text > shown on the left. > > -- > | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | > | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | > | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | > | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | > >
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