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authorjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1999-05-11 08:00:06 +0000
committerjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1999-05-11 08:00:06 +0000
commit1045ba7680cfa72d3ae8fe337567d277ead3a6ca (patch)
treea6e14e6d842b2f612ca341514e8ffad601067b53 /usr.sbin/sysinstall/installUpgrade.c
parent6fafcff85c06075b97950c1b4e2b78cbebb8b1c7 (diff)
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Preserve /root's dotfiles across upgrades too.
PR: 6559
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/sysinstall/installUpgrade.c')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/sysinstall/installUpgrade.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/installUpgrade.c b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/installUpgrade.c
index b153e02..49caf3d 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/installUpgrade.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/installUpgrade.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
* This is probably the last program in the `sysinstall' line - the next
* generation being essentially a complete rewrite.
*
- * $Id: installUpgrade.c,v 1.65 1999/03/19 08:22:31 jkh Exp $
+ * $Id: installUpgrade.c,v 1.66 1999/04/07 03:06:44 jkh Exp $
*
* Copyright (c) 1995
* Jordan Hubbard. All rights reserved.
@@ -280,6 +280,8 @@ installUpgrade(dialogMenuItem *self)
if (msgYesNo("Unable to backup your /etc into %s.\n"
"Do you want to continue anyway?", saved_etc) != 0)
return DITEM_FAILURE | DITEM_RESTORE;
+ msgNotify("Preserving /root directory..");
+ vsystem("tar -cBpf - -C / root | tar --unlink -xBpf - -C %s", saved_etc);
}
msgNotify("chflags'ing old binaries - please wait.");
@@ -353,6 +355,8 @@ media:
else {
/* Now try to resurrect the /etc files */
traverseHitlist(etc_files);
+ /* Resurrect the root dotfiles */
+ vsystem("tar -cBpf - root | tar -xBpf - -C / && rm -rf root");
}
msgConfirm("Upgrade completed! All of your old /etc files have been restored.\n"
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