conf/121783: [patch] freebsd-update(8) upgrade overwrites device.hints

[Jaakko Heinonen]

>Number:         121783
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       [patch] freebsd-update(8) upgrade overwrites device.hints
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar 17 14:10:00 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jaakko Heinonen
>Release:        FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE amd64
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD x 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 10:35:36 UTC 2008 root at driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64


	
>Description:
freebsd-update(8) overwrites /boot/device.hints on upgrade. This may cause
problems for devices after upgrade.

I need hint.psm.0.flags for my mouse on one machine. After upgrading from
6.3-RELEASE to 7.0-RELEASE my mouse didn't work because /boot/device.hints
was overwritten.

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
It may be reasonable to add /boot/device.hints to default
/etc/freebsd-update.conf MergeChanges.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: