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Hello,

I'm trying to update a box of mine. It was initially 3.4-R, but
i've managed to update it to 3.5-stable.
What is the best way to update against 4.x series ?
I've tried to cvsup to 4.0-R and 4.3-S, but had some errors
while making buildworld. The /usr/src/UPDATING wasn't very
helpful because of those errors in buildworld. Any hints ?

I could reinstall 4.3 from an ISO image, but there are real
users and i don't want to loose them. What's is the procedure
to recover users from a backup /etc dir ?
1. copy passwd, master.passwd, group over
2. start pwd_mkdb
3. edit login.conf and add passwd-format=des (3.x uses DES)
4. start cap_mkdb
Right or wrong ?

Thanks in advance, Radoy

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I just completed that update, but I went to 4.3-Release.  My understanding
from watching the Stable forum is that 4.3-Stable is undergoing a lot of
change right now and may not be stable at any specific point in time.  The
upgrade to 4.3-Release went real smoothly after following the instructions
in UPDATING.

To save your password file, when running mergemaster and it displays the
password files, leave them for later.  Don't update them.  Then as you
indicate in 3 above add the des line in default.