Re: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update]
On Tuesday 11 August 2009 05:23:28 Arthur Chance wrote: > Wayne Sierke wrote: > > I lost practically all of my 'mergemaster pain' when I adopted the habit > > of using it with -iUP options: > > > > -i Automatically install any files that do not exist in the des- > > tination directory. > > -P Preserve files that you replace in > > /var/tmp/mergemaster/preserved-files-, or another > > directory you specify in your mergemaster rc file. > > -U Attempt to auto upgrade files that have not been user modi- > > fied. > > How does -U compare to -F? I've found that saves a lot of tedium. -U saves a lot on major version upgrades as that tends to have a lot of changes in /etc/rc.*, something most of us don't touch by hand. However, the feature depends on having a fingerprint of the files, so that mergemaster can determine if you changed the file. Before using the feature and before upgrading it's therefore recommended to do a dry run so that the file (/var/db/mergemaster.mtree) is created. -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update]
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:52:36 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > I prefer phooey mode: -FUi. Still works with -PFUi. "PFui" is German for something like "Ugh". I think that is NOT intended. :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update]
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, p...@pair.com wrote: in message <1249971512.63923.1045.ca...@predator-ii.buffyverse>, wrote Wayne Sierke thusly... On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 08:34 -0700, Richard Mahlerwein wrote: I'm redoing the whole process in single user mode. My guess is I goofed something during mergemaster and devd.conf is messed up. (Mergemaster is, undeniably, my least favorite utility). I lost practically all of my 'mergemaster pain' when I adopted the habit of using it with -iUP options: -iAutomatically install any files that do not exist in the des- tination directory. -PPreserve files that you replace in /var/tmp/mergemaster/preserved-files-, or another directory you specify in your mergemaster rc file. -UAttempt to auto upgrade files that have not been user modi- fied. Ah. My mnemonic would be "PiU" as in "Pew! Pew!". I prefer phooey mode: -FUi. Still works with -PFUi. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update]
--On Tuesday, August 11, 2009 01:18:32 -0500 Wayne Sierke wrote: On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 08:34 -0700, Richard Mahlerwein wrote: I'm redoing the whole process in single user mode. My guess is I goofed something during mergemaster and devd.conf is messed up. (Mergemaster is, undeniably, my least favorite utility). I lost practically all of my 'mergemaster pain' when I adopted the habit of using it with -iUP options: -i Automatically install any files that do not exist in the des- tination directory. -P Preserve files that you replace in /var/tmp/mergemaster/preserved-files-, or another directory you specify in your mergemaster rc file. -U Attempt to auto upgrade files that have not been user modi- fied. "Try it - you'll like it!" That's one way to do it. Another is to use /etc/mergemaster.rc. Here's mine: # less /etc/mergemaster.rc # Automatically install files that do not exist AUTO_INSTALL='yes' # Automatically upgrade files that have not been edited AUTO_UPGRADE='yes' # Ignore files that I don't want changed IGNORE_FILES='/etc/motd' # Do not display changes that only affect whitespace DIFF_FLAG="'.Bub'" # Ignore CVS id lines to stop replacing files where only that line has changed DIFF_OPTIONS='-I$FreeBSD:.*[$]' I never have issues with mergemaster because of this file. -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. *** "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update]
--- On Tue, 8/11/09, Wayne Sierke wrote: > From: Wayne Sierke > Subject: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update] > To: mahle...@yahoo.com > Cc: "FreeBSD-Questions" > Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 2:18 AM > On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 08:34 -0700, > Richard Mahlerwein wrote: > > I'm redoing the whole process in single user > mode. My guess is I > > goofed something during mergemaster and devd.conf is > messed up. > > (Mergemaster is, undeniably, my least favorite > utility). > > I lost practically all of my 'mergemaster pain' when I > adopted the habit > of using it with -iUP options: > > -i > Automatically install any files that do not exist in the > des- > > tination directory. > -P Preserve > files that you replace in > > /var/tmp/mergemaster/preserved-files-, or > another > > directory you specify in your mergemaster rc file. > -U Attempt to > auto upgrade files that have not been user modi- > > fied. > > "Try it - you'll like it!" > > > Wayne Thanks for the tips! I'll have more info in a couple of weeks on this - I'm in training and not at home until thursday, and Friday we leave to visit relatives for another week. I did do the rebuild all in single-user mode before I left Sunday, and now I get another signal 12 core crash, at the *same* virtual address, but in a *different* utility... don't remember which one right now, but it seemed completely unrelated. When I get home in a few weeks, I'm going to run some memory tests and yanking extraneous hardware to try to see if I can make it stop. Anything else you all can think of to try? Thanks, Rich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update]
in message <1249971512.63923.1045.ca...@predator-ii.buffyverse>, wrote Wayne Sierke thusly... > > On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 08:34 -0700, Richard Mahlerwein wrote: > > I'm redoing the whole process in single user mode. My guess is > > I goofed something during mergemaster and devd.conf is messed > > up. (Mergemaster is, undeniably, my least favorite utility). > > I lost practically all of my 'mergemaster pain' when I adopted the > habit of using it with -iUP options: > > -iAutomatically install any files that do not exist in the des- > tination directory. > -PPreserve files that you replace in > /var/tmp/mergemaster/preserved-files-, or another > directory you specify in your mergemaster rc file. > -UAttempt to auto upgrade files that have not been user modi- > fied. Ah. My mnemonic would be "PiU" as in "Pew! Pew!". - Parv -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update]
Wayne Sierke wrote: I lost practically all of my 'mergemaster pain' when I adopted the habit of using it with -iUP options: -i Automatically install any files that do not exist in the des- tination directory. -P Preserve files that you replace in /var/tmp/mergemaster/preserved-files-, or another directory you specify in your mergemaster rc file. -U Attempt to auto upgrade files that have not been user modi- fied. How does -U compare to -F? I've found that saves a lot of tedium. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Don't let mergemaster beat you down [was Re: Failed update]
On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 08:34 -0700, Richard Mahlerwein wrote: > I'm redoing the whole process in single user mode. My guess is I > goofed something during mergemaster and devd.conf is messed up. > (Mergemaster is, undeniably, my least favorite utility). I lost practically all of my 'mergemaster pain' when I adopted the habit of using it with -iUP options: -i Automatically install any files that do not exist in the des- tination directory. -P Preserve files that you replace in /var/tmp/mergemaster/preserved-files-, or another directory you specify in your mergemaster rc file. -U Attempt to auto upgrade files that have not been user modi- fied. "Try it - you'll like it!" Wayne ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Failed update
--- On Sun, 8/9/09, Richard Mahlerwein wrote: > From: Richard Mahlerwein > Subject: Re: Failed update > To: "FreeBSD-Questions" > Date: Sunday, August 9, 2009, 11:34 AM > --- On Sun, 8/9/09, Richard > Mahlerwein > wrote: > > > From: Richard Mahlerwein > > Subject: Failed update > > To: "FreeBSD-Questions" > > Date: Sunday, August 9, 2009, 10:23 AM > > In upgrading 7.1-PRELEASE to -stable, > > all seemed fine until I rebooted out of single user > mode > > after doing make installworld and mergemaster. > > > > Now I get to devd and it dies. I've copied down > > what's on screen and typed it here. > > > > > > [snip] > > starting devd. > > > > Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode. > > cpu id = 0; apic id = 00 > > fault virtual address = 0x3030313a > > fault code = supervisor write, page not present > > [snip] > > current process = 355 (devd) > > > > > > > > What critical step did I miss? Single user mode > seems > > OK, and I can mount the drives (though right now it'll > tell > > me to fsck, since I just hard crashed). I have not > > tried to cycle this thing much, for fear of trashing > > something further, but I did at least try one > reboot. > > Same issue. > > > > (and yes, I'll be researching this myself, but I > thought > > I'd get this message out there sooner rather than > later...) > > > > Rich Mahlerwein > > I'm redoing the whole process in single user mode. My > guess is I goofed something during mergemaster and devd.conf > is messed up. (Mergemaster is, undeniably, my least > favorite utility). > > I can suffer the system being down for a while, as long as > my wife has access to a handful of files. > > How would I go about mounting a USB stick, if such can be > done in single-user mode? > > I have several sitting around that I could copy stuff to > (I'm sure that's easier than pulling off the backup I made > last night, since the backup is in dump format on tape, and > since my only bsd box is currently not working...) I'll answer my own question: mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt then copy away at will. I suppose my biggest issue had been wondering if that works in single user mode. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Failed update
--- On Sun, 8/9/09, Richard Mahlerwein wrote: > From: Richard Mahlerwein > Subject: Failed update > To: "FreeBSD-Questions" > Date: Sunday, August 9, 2009, 10:23 AM > In upgrading 7.1-PRELEASE to -stable, > all seemed fine until I rebooted out of single user mode > after doing make installworld and mergemaster. > > Now I get to devd and it dies. I've copied down > what's on screen and typed it here. > > > [snip] > starting devd. > > Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode. > cpu id = 0; apic id = 00 > fault virtual address = 0x3030313a > fault code = supervisor write, page not present > [snip] > current process = 355 (devd) > > > > What critical step did I miss? Single user mode seems > OK, and I can mount the drives (though right now it'll tell > me to fsck, since I just hard crashed). I have not > tried to cycle this thing much, for fear of trashing > something further, but I did at least try one reboot. > Same issue. > > (and yes, I'll be researching this myself, but I thought > I'd get this message out there sooner rather than later...) > > Rich Mahlerwein I'm redoing the whole process in single user mode. My guess is I goofed something during mergemaster and devd.conf is messed up. (Mergemaster is, undeniably, my least favorite utility). I can suffer the system being down for a while, as long as my wife has access to a handful of files. How would I go about mounting a USB stick, if such can be done in single-user mode? I have several sitting around that I could copy stuff to (I'm sure that's easier than pulling off the backup I made last night, since the backup is in dump format on tape, and since my only bsd box is currently not working...) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Failed update
In upgrading 7.1-PRELEASE to -stable, all seemed fine until I rebooted out of single user mode after doing make installworld and mergemaster. Now I get to devd and it dies. I've copied down what's on screen and typed it here. [snip] starting devd. Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode. cpu id = 0; apic id = 00 fault virtual address = 0x3030313a fault code = supervisor write, page not present [snip] current process = 355 (devd) What critical step did I miss? Single user mode seems OK, and I can mount the drives (though right now it'll tell me to fsck, since I just hard crashed). I have not tried to cycle this thing much, for fear of trashing something further, but I did at least try one reboot. Same issue. (and yes, I'll be researching this myself, but I thought I'd get this message out there sooner rather than later...) Rich Mahlerwein Mobile: 715-891-7420 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
