Re: sysmerge: what is [leave it for later] good for, actually?

2022-10-24 Thread Harald Dunkel
Hi Amit, On 2022-10-22 18:29:35, Amit Kulkarni wrote: You chose later, so now do a "doas sysmerge", and merge it now? Ah, sorry, my bad. Apparently I wasn't root. Thank you for the hint Harri

Re: sysmerge: what is [leave it for later] good for, actually?

2022-10-22 Thread Amit Kulkarni
You chose later, so now do a "doas sysmerge", and merge it now? On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 2:18 AM Harald Dunkel wrote: > > Hi folks, > > sysmerge noted that I had modified my /etc/newsyslog.conf. Since I > didn't had time for this while other important services were not > merged yet I chose the def

Re: sysmerge at scale

2019-10-06 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Sun, Oct 06, 2019 at 07:34:41PM BST, Daniel Jakots wrote: > Hi, > > I run a bunch of -current VM and I manage them with ansible. When > there's a file that gets updated in src/etc, I check if it matters for > me and if it doesn't, I ignore it. Then, eventually I sync the file in > my ansible re

Re: Sysmerge

2019-07-10 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Stefan, Stefan Sperling wrote on Sun, Jul 07, 2019 at 01:29:35PM +0200: > On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 08:57:49AM -0400, Jay Hart wrote: >> I think its more like when diff asks to keep current config >> vs new config. I want to keep my current config files (or at >> least those custom portions). >

Re: Sysmerge

2019-07-09 Thread Sebastian Benoit
Jay Hart(jh...@kevla.org) on 2019.07.06 08:57:49 -0400: > > On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 11:56:32AM BST, Jay Hart wrote: > >> Good Morning, > >> > >> What is the simple way to have sysmerge "keep" all custom changes to the > >> config files, during a > >> system update from one stable release to the ne

Re: Sysmerge

2019-07-07 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 08:57:49AM -0400, Jay Hart wrote: > I think its more like when diff asks to keep current config vs new config. I > want to keep my > current config files (or at least those custom portions). There is no guarantee that your custom changes will still be compatible with newer

Re: Sysmerge

2019-07-06 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 01:57:49PM BST, Jay Hart wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 11:56:32AM BST, Jay Hart wrote: > >> Good Morning, > >> > >> What is the simple way to have sysmerge "keep" all custom changes to the > >> config files, during a > >> system update from one stable release to the ne

Re: Sysmerge

2019-07-06 Thread Jay Hart
> On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 11:56:32AM BST, Jay Hart wrote: >> Good Morning, >> >> What is the simple way to have sysmerge "keep" all custom changes to the >> config files, during a >> system update from one stable release to the next? I seem to struggle with >> this every release... >> >> Thanks f

Re: Sysmerge

2019-07-06 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 11:56:32AM BST, Jay Hart wrote: > Good Morning, > > What is the simple way to have sysmerge "keep" all custom changes to the > config files, during a > system update from one stable release to the next? I seem to struggle with > this every release... > > Thanks for your

Re: sysmerge is not needed when updating to 6.2?

2017-10-12 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 09:34:44 + > But I have only one question: Is sysmerge not longer needed for > updating process like in previous releases? It shall tell you if you need to re-run manually in the boot output for edited files.

Re: sysmerge is not needed when updating to 6.2?

2017-10-12 Thread C. L. Martinez
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 11:45:24AM +0200, Theo Buehler wrote: > > But I have only one question: Is sysmerge not longer needed for > > updating process like in previous releases? > > Since 6.0 the installer installs an rc.sysmerge that runs 'sysmerge -b' > on first boot of the updated system. > P

Re: sysmerge is not needed when updating to 6.2?

2017-10-12 Thread Henrik Friedrichsen
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 09:34:44AM +, C. L. Martinez wrote: > But I have only one question: Is sysmerge not longer needed for updating > process like in previous releases? sysmerge will be run when booting the system after the upgrade.

Re: sysmerge is not needed when updating to 6.2?

2017-10-12 Thread Theo Buehler
> But I have only one question: Is sysmerge not longer needed for > updating process like in previous releases? Since 6.0 the installer installs an rc.sysmerge that runs 'sysmerge -b' on first boot of the updated system.

Re: sysmerge equivalent to upgrade.site?

2016-06-04 Thread Chris Bennett
I should mention that not just with sysmerge, but anything else, I have partitions mounted read-only on boot. Short of editing fstab before a new snapshot, I would like to make all of the system partitions rw. So, would something need to be done even earlier on? Or, if nobody really wants this, sh

Re: sysmerge equivalent to upgrade.site?

2016-06-04 Thread Chris Bennett
On Sat, Jun 04, 2016 at 09:05:09PM +0300, li...@wrant.com wrote: > Sat, 4 Jun 2016 12:37:14 -0500 Chris Bennett > > > I am following the same procedure for each snapshot I install. > > Download files to one USB hard drive, boot bsd.rd, install to other USB > > flash drive and reboot. > > > > But

Re: sysmerge equivalent to upgrade.site?

2016-06-04 Thread lists
Sat, 4 Jun 2016 12:37:14 -0500 Chris Bennett > I am following the same procedure for each snapshot I install. > Download files to one USB hard drive, boot bsd.rd, install to other USB > flash drive and reboot. > > But I have a problem, the install are on another drive that's not even > mounted. S

Re: sysmerge - ERROR: etc56.tgz: badly formed "etc" set

2014-11-04 Thread Nick Holland
On 11/04/14 17:18, Ezekiel Grave wrote: > Hi all, > > On a very basic OpenBSD 5.5 amd64 installation, I've grabbed the > amd64/etc56.tgz set from three different mirrors, and tried running: [totally wrong process deleted] Follow the bloomin' directions :). You run sysmerge AFTER you upgrade, no

Re: Sysmerge problem with xetc56.tgz on July 16 amd64 snapshot

2014-07-17 Thread Nigel Taylor
On 07/17/14 02:50, Kent Fritz wrote: > # sysmerge -x xetc56.tgz > ===> Fetching file:///root/xetc56.tgz > ===> Fetching file:///root/SHA256.sig > ===> Verifying xetc56.tgz against /etc/signify/openbsd-56-base.pub > ===> Populating temporary root under /var/tmp/sysmerge.CJzwPVyHXg/temproot > tar: WA

Re: Sysmerge problem with xetc56.tgz on July 16 amd64 snapshot

2014-07-17 Thread Edd Barrett
Ah, The xdm thing is separate. Because `sudo sysmerge -s /snap/etc*.tgz -x /snap/xetc*.tgz` bails out I did not get the recent rc.subr changes. On 18 July 2014 00:24, Edd Barrett wrote: > FWIW, I have the same here. I also notice that xdm did not start as it > usually does. > > > > > On 17

Re: Sysmerge problem with xetc56.tgz on July 16 amd64 snapshot

2014-07-17 Thread Brad Smith
On 17/07/14 7:24 PM, Edd Barrett wrote: FWIW, I have the same here. I also notice that xdm did not start as it usually does. +1 I noticed the same issue the other day updating my systems. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be

Re: Sysmerge problem with xetc56.tgz on July 16 amd64 snapshot

2014-07-17 Thread Edd Barrett
FWIW, I have the same here. I also notice that xdm did not start as it usually does. On 17 July 2014 02:50, Kent Fritz wrote: > # sysmerge -x xetc56.tgz > ===> Fetching file:///root/xetc56.tgz > ===> Fetching file:///root/SHA256.sig > ===> Verifying xetc56.tgz against /etc/signify/openbsd-56-

Re: sysmerge error

2014-03-21 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:46:49AM -0400, Kent Fritz wrote: > I get the following after upgrading to the latest snapshot. Am I doing > something wrong? It got fixed earlier today. You can use the full path to the sets for now. > > Thanks, > > Kent. > > # pwd

Re: sysmerge trouble

2014-02-24 Thread Ed Ahlsen-Girard
On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 10:59:57 -0800 Philip Guenther wrote: > On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Ed Ahlsen-Girard > wrote: > > Took a while to submit this, but for the past ~ six weeks of > > snapshots sysmerge fails thus: > > > > ERROR: failed to populate from /usr/src and create checksum file > >

Re: sysmerge trouble

2014-02-24 Thread Philip Guenther
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Ed Ahlsen-Girard wrote: > On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 10:59:57 -0800 > Philip Guenther wrote: ... >> Six weeks ago was approximately when the /etc/signify/ directory was >> added. My guess is that you missed the bit in the FAQ about using the >> -d and -P options when do

Re: sysmerge trouble

2014-02-24 Thread Peter N. M. Hansteen
Ed Ahlsen-Girard writes: > sysmerge command line is: > > sysmerge > > which I have been using for a few years. As long as you have all the install sets in place, you can easily run sysmerge on a system with no source tree installed. For quite a while now I've tended to run something like this on

Re: sysmerge trouble

2014-02-24 Thread Philip Guenther
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Ed Ahlsen-Girard wrote: > Took a while to submit this, but for the past ~ six weeks of snapshots > sysmerge fails thus: > > ERROR: failed to populate from /usr/src and create checksum file Six weeks ago was approximately when the /etc/signify/ directory was added.

Re: sysmerge trouble

2014-02-24 Thread Kenneth Westerback
On 24 February 2014 07:56, Ed Ahlsen-Girard wrote: > On 2014-02-24 "Shawn K. Quinn" wrote: > Date: 2014-02-24 10:49:03 > >> On Sun, Feb 23, 2014, at 03:45 PM, Ed Ahlsen-Girard wrote: >> > Took a while to submit this, but for the past ~ six weeks of >> > snapshots sysmerge fails thus: >> > >

Re: sysmerge trouble

2014-02-24 Thread Ed Ahlsen-Girard
On 2014-02-24 "Shawn K. Quinn" wrote: Date: 2014-02-24 10:49:03 > On Sun, Feb 23, 2014, at 03:45 PM, Ed Ahlsen-Girard wrote: > > Took a while to submit this, but for the past ~ six weeks of > > snapshots sysmerge fails thus: > > > > ERROR: failed to populate from /usr/src and create checks

Re: sysmerge trouble

2014-02-24 Thread Shawn K. Quinn
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014, at 03:45 PM, Ed Ahlsen-Girard wrote: > Took a while to submit this, but for the past ~ six weeks of snapshots > sysmerge fails thus: > > ERROR: failed to populate from /usr/src and create checksum file sysmerge works fine for me on amd64 sans the occasional incident of opera

Re: sysmerge complains about not valid etcXX.tgz set

2014-01-25 Thread Norman Golisz
On Sat Jan 25 2014 18:18, Markus Lude wrote: > Hello, > > today I updated to the latest snapshot on sparc64 (from 22nd january). > When I run sysmerge after that I got > > $ sudo sysmerge -s etc55.tgz -x xetc55.tgz > *** ERROR: /var/tmp/sysmerge.Hwq1ImlHSs/etc55.tgz is not a valid > etcX

Re: sysmerge complains about not valid etcXX.tgz set

2014-01-25 Thread Fritjof Bornebusch
Use sysmerge -S -s etc55.tgz -x xetc55.tgz And verify the etc archives manually as described in the signify manpage. Looks like there is a problem with sysmerge and signify. Fritjof Markus Lude wrote: >Hello, > >today I updated to the latest snapshot on sparc64 (from 22nd january). >When I run

Re: sysmerge complains about not valid etcXX.tgz set

2014-01-25 Thread Markus Lude
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 06:18:58PM +0100, Markus Lude wrote: > Hello, > > today I updated to the latest snapshot on sparc64 (from 22nd january). > When I run sysmerge after that I got > > $ sudo sysmerge -s etc55.tgz -x xetc55.tgz > *** ERROR: /var/tmp/sysmerge.Hwq1ImlHSs/etc55.tgz is not

Re: sysmerge complains about not valid etcXX.tgz set

2014-01-25 Thread Christer Solskogen
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Markus Lude wrote: > Hello, > > today I updated to the latest snapshot on sparc64 (from 22nd january). > When I run sysmerge after that I got > > $ sudo sysmerge -s etc55.tgz -x xetc55.tgz > *** ERROR: /var/tmp/sysmerge.Hwq1ImlHSs/etc55.tgz is not a valid

Re: sysmerge on 5.2?

2012-10-30 Thread bofh
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2012-10-29, bofh wrote: >>> I kept reading - is sysmerge for use only on upgrades, for merging new >>> /etc things into the existing config? > You can save a lot of time by doing an upgrade from the install kernel, > then reboot/sysmer

Re: sysmerge on 5.2?

2012-10-30 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2012-10-29, bofh wrote: >> I kept reading - is sysmerge for use only on upgrades, for merging new >> /etc things into the existing config? Yes. >> Is that what' I'm missing? So, since I did a full fidks/new install, >> and then manually added the changes from my old box, sysmerge >> essentia

Re: sysmerge on 5.2?

2012-10-29 Thread Richard Toohey
On 10/29/12 20:12, bofh wrote: Hi, Can someone help me understand how sysmerge works? I made all the config changes and then followed the instructions at http://openbsd.org/faq/upgrade52.html and did this: # sysmerge -s $RELEASEPATH/etc52.tgz -x $RELEASEPATH/xetc52.tgz but don't know where the

Re: sysmerge on 5.2?

2012-10-29 Thread bofh
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 3:34 AM, bofh wrote: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 3:22 AM, Tomas Bodzar wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 8:12 AM, bofh wrote: >>> Hi, >>> Can someone help me understand how sysmerge works? I made all the >>> config changes and then followed the instructions at >>> http://o

Re: sysmerge on 5.2?

2012-10-29 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 11:24:40AM +0400, Wesley wrote: > Hi, > > You need to mount your 5.2 CDROM: > mount /dev/cd0a /mnt > > Or get the files from this command : > cd /tmp > ftp http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/i386/etc52.tgz > ftp http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/i386/x

Re: sysmerge on 5.2?

2012-10-29 Thread Wesley
Hi, You need to mount your 5.2 CDROM: mount /dev/cd0a /mnt Or get the files from this command : cd /tmp ftp http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/i386/etc52.tgz ftp http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/i386/xetc52.tgz And replace the '$RELEASEPATH' with the true path (/tmp or /m

Re: sysmerge on 5.2?

2012-10-29 Thread Tomas Bodzar
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 8:12 AM, bofh wrote: > Hi, > Can someone help me understand how sysmerge works? I made all the > config changes and then followed the instructions at > http://openbsd.org/faq/upgrade52.html and did this: > > # sysmerge -s $RELEASEPATH/etc52.tgz -x $RELEASEPATH/xetc52.tgz >

Re: sysmerge doesn't work on snapshot upgrade (FIXED)

2011-07-19 Thread Remco
On Tuesday 12 July 2011 21:19:15 you wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jul 2011, Remco wrote: > > During a snapshot upgrade for both i386 and amd64 > > > > OpenBSD 4.9-current (GENERIC.MP) #10: Mon Jul 11 12:31:05 MDT 2011 > > dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP > > > > OpenBSD

Re: sysmerge doesn't work on snapshot upgrade

2011-07-12 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
On Tue, 12 Jul 2011, Remco wrote: > During a snapshot upgrade for both i386 and amd64 > > OpenBSD 4.9-current (GENERIC.MP) #10: Mon Jul 11 12:31:05 MDT 2011 > dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP > > OpenBSD 4.9-current (GENERIC.MP) #19: Mon Jul 11 12:20:24 MDT

Re: sysmerge detects changes in files patched by upgrade45.patch

2009-05-04 Thread Nick Holland
Siju George wrote: Hi, I followed http://www.openbsd.com/faq/upgrade45.html and upgraded from my OpenBSD 4.4 to 4.5 I applied the patch file "upgrade45.patch" correctly. but when I ran sysmerge as said in the "final steps" section it again showed differences between the installed versions and