Subject: Re: bin/35570: etcupdate(8) runs mtree on outdated passwd/group
To: None <gnats-admin@netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org,>
From: Hauke Fath <hf@spg.tu-darmstadt.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/09/2007 15:25:02
The following reply was made to PR bin/35570; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Hauke Fath <hf@spg.tu-darmstadt.de>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: gnats-admin@NetBSD.org, netbsd-bugs@NetBSD.org,
Hauke Fath <hf@spg.tu-darmstadt.de>
Subject: Re: bin/35570: etcupdate(8) runs mtree on outdated passwd/group
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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 16:24:16 +0100
Am 09.02.2007 um 14:50 Uhr +0000 schrieb Alan Barrett:
> On Thu, 08 Feb 2007, Hauke Fath wrote:
> > Upgrade a NetBSD installation, then run etcupdate(8).
> > Watch mtree fail because of "unknown users or groups".
> >
> > This problem has been around for a long time.
>
> I haven't seen this problem. Did you run etcupdate with -s etc.tgz
> (recommended) or with -s /usr/src (not recommended)?
The (recommended) former.
hauke
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