mergemaster goof when src upgrading 7.0 -> 7.1

[matt donovan]

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Peter Boosten <peter at boosten.org> wrote:

> Albert Shih wrote:
>
>>  Le 07/01/2009 à 07:06:53+0100, Peter Boosten a écrit
>>
>>> Johann Hasselbach wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was doing a src upgrade from 7.0 to 7.1
>>>>
>>>> After installkernel, i rebooted, and accidently ran "mergemaster"
>>>> instead of "mergemaster -p" before installworld. I ctrl-c'd once I
>>>> realized what I had done, but the damage was done.
>>>>
>>>> It seems to have overwritten my password and group files.
>>>>
>>>>  I've stated this before: In my opinion this entire 'I want to overwrite
>>> your passwd file' attitude from mergemaster is nonsense: at installation
>>> time you're required to add an additional user, and mergemaster wants to
>>> undo that again.
>>>
>>>  Well...i'm not developper but long time ago, when I update from FreeBSD
>> x.y
>> to Freebsd x+1,(0-1) I loose many time to find something don't work
>> because
>> the Freebsd x+1 need some new system account.
>>
>
> Well, my point is that mergemaster shouldn't have to delete ALL accounts,
> just to add one. User and group accounts can be added to the passwd/group
> file *without* deleting the others.
>
> Peter
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mergemaster doesn't delete ALL accounts if you do it correctly. I usually
leave the files for later and then manually do it.