Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 10:47:28 -0700 From: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>, "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: WARNING: [r299313] make installworld overwrites master.passwd and group! Message-ID: <10483308-3757-b9d7-9024-b9ed0bfb6420@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20160510054746.GZ47527@FreeBSD.org> References: <20160510071557.5705384d@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de> <20160510054746.GZ47527@FreeBSD.org>
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On 5/9/16 10:47 PM, Glen Barber wrote: > On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 07:15:57AM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote: >> On a most recent buildworld with make installworld/installkernel I faced the >> fact that all the entries in /etc/master.passwd and /etc/group were reset to >> the initial/vanilla values. Luckily, I was able to fetch backups >> from /var/backups. >> >> I do not know which essential config files additionally got altered or reset to >> the initial values. >> >> This bug is present on all systems I maintain and I ran into this problem on >> approx ten boxes this morning. >> >> What is up here? >> > > Confirmed. This is my fault, misreading what I thought was a mismerge > (r299292). > > Reverting it now. I apologize for the inconvenience this caused you, > and appreciate the prompt report on the issue. It is reverted in > r299317. I've made the same mistake before. Here's a patch that should be right: https://people.freebsd.org/~bdrewery/patches/Makefile.inc1-restage-reinstall.diff -- Regards, Bryan Drewery
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