From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 16 06:22:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80A3F1065672 for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 06:22:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jan6146@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 384AC8FC19 for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 06:22:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jan6146@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so11550rvf.43 for ; Thu, 15 May 2008 23:22:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:mime-version:content-type; bh=BE4uhmUCRpWeBuYloQgjglZDx9O8jRf+MJF58lXZvMw=; b=Ubh+rfWhtcLxBVPIKvc8jFPUPV09Qxorzh+yTNT2a28C59wW1+TlYgsaejruQcS+1rBdT06vV/GX9yoaxZ8iUHhK8BlGDTXjL0KlOdXcF0sS2INSTCHrmX5pxd4t7XGeE+CGVIPIKrJTC5pJztp7drXldW+2Hz3hFOoYUiA0zIQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:mime-version:content-type; b=EHCJ8uPKvXFsq0CUr9RVepr74Z84VmdgRQCjV/9mLhPfnJGCny5gdRB6lAKuHF6CqIRhThzSM5mlDyFajm2wDsi6/UttdoJ3qJN3H2ilJ3cPT12qjKYzB/yCbDCMHJrCkoJhGjWrwby/osr7xK0XKe+NOIF5ueKGXwYY84fuqVg= Received: by 10.141.20.7 with SMTP id x7mr1578251rvi.82.1210918949652; Thu, 15 May 2008 23:22:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.141.114.7 with HTTP; Thu, 15 May 2008 23:22:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <784966050805152322n5e03b67bhc29d912860c0c3c3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 23:22:29 -0700 From: "Rob Lytle" To: "Jeremy Chadwick" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: today's build is causing errors for me / Fixed for now X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 06:22:31 -0000 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 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 | > >