--dry-run [ wish list ] for installworld.

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jb_fvwm2

... out of maybe 10 or so, maybe 2 failed midway causing hours of extra work. Would be super if someone knows a way to ensure at least the command would run to completion given the usual case that the system running the command is the one to be upgraded, and also the caveat that no Zfs be used.
 
took 6 minutes. Accidentally ran installkernel afterwards. Ran etcupdate -p ... etcupdate -B and nothing happened so concerned if etcupdate will work the next full update, its first
usage without mergemaster
pkg prompted to upgrade many ports so I fetched the video
driver and added it manually for the time being to finish the upgrade slow.
[after the bootstrap as required by pkg
Altogether much smoother so far than I expected.
 
Neither etcupdate command updated the files in /etc/mail, a little concerning for now [ meaning I hope
to by the next upgrade know how the files previous to the upgrade
listed by etcupdate extract; etcupdate diff were listed
by etcupdate diff but then not altered by etcupdate -p nor -B after installworld. ]
 
Normally you should first run "etcupdate -p" , followed by installworld, followed by "etcupdate -B" and that should normally fix /etc/mail.
 
Wonder of wonders, during the reinstall of about 1000 ports after this upgrade, the disk started failing with reallocated sectors*. Luckily I had backups and am typing from a fully recovered system.
* at first just /var and I thought it was okay
[ edit: I removed the/var filesystem and recreated it later on the disk ]
* then /usr as I started backups from the restored /var filesystem disk.
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And for completeness, I would like any expert to chime in as to
which /var subdirectories need to be restored from backup,
all I did was cron, pkg, and maybe another.
[edit: after restoring the hierarchy with mtree. ]
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Along the way, had to re learn the mountroot> syntax:
ufs:/dev/gpt/........root, nothing more on the line
 
"Var" stands for different things. It depends. Some have webserver in var some have a database in var some take backups of some directories, some backup var except the database or webserver, others vice-versa. Which data will you have lost between the time of backup and now. Which things dependent on var start to produce problems.
 
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