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* Note that /stand/sysinstall is deprecated.jkh2001-01-181-1/+2
| | | | Forgotten by: jhb
* Add nsswitch support. By creating an /etc/nsswitch.conf file, you cannectar2000-09-061-11/+10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | configure FreeBSD so that various databases such as passwd and group can be looked up using flat files, NIS, or Hesiod. = Hesiod has been added to libc (see hesiod(3)). = A library routine for parsing nsswitch.conf and invoking callback functions as specified has been added to libc (see nsdispatch(3)). = The following C library functions have been modified to use nsdispatch: . getgrent, getgrnam, getgrgid . getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid . getusershell . getaddrinfo . gethostbyname, gethostbyname2, gethostbyaddr . getnetbyname, getnetbyaddr . getipnodebyname, getipnodebyaddr, getnodebyname, getnodebyaddr = host.conf has been removed from src/etc. rc.network has been modified to warn that host.conf is no longer used at boot time. In addition, if there is a host.conf but no nsswitch.conf, the latter is created at boot time from the former. Obtained from: NetBSD
* - Update the list of backuped files during upgrade according toalex2000-07-311-13/+15
| | | | | sysinstall's source-code. - wd(4) -> ad(4)
* Add a warning about the perils of using an older version of sysinstallsheldonh1999-12-131-6/+14
| | | | | | | to upgrade to a newer version of FreeBSD. PR: 12777 Reported by: wayne@staff.msen.com (Michael R. Wayne)
* Stage 1: Move a bunch of docs out from under sysinstall and otherjkh1998-11-031-0/+168
less than accessible places.
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