On Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 09:50:03AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> But really the manual method is just
>
> unpack new kernel and modules
> reboot
> unpack rest of sets except etc/xetc
> unpack etc/xetc someplace else
> manually merge the new etc/xetc into your etc
> reboot again
>
> where manually merge could be
> - "diff -ur"
> - think about each diff, and
> + decide to keep it
> + decide to reduce diff to new sets by applying delta to etc
I would add three points:
1) run postinstall(8) pointing it at the extracted etc/xetc sets
and /, e.g. I typically do:
postinstall -s /tmp/etc -x /tmp/etc -d / check
when I have extracted the etc and xetc sets in /tmp/etc/.
When it complains, run the command it suggest to fix things.
2) cd /dev && sh MAKEDEV all
3) certctl rehash
... where (3) is actually redundant nowadays as (1) is supposed to deal
with it.
Martin
