current-users: Differences between "etcupdate" and "postinstall"

Subject: Differences between "etcupdate" and "postinstall"
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Daniel Bolgheroni <dbolgheroni@unifei.edu.br>
List: current-users
Date: 08/03/2004 16:16:08

Hi,

what's the differente between "etcupdate" and "postinstall"? I was
wondering this because I was reading "Tracking NetBSD-current", section
"Installing a current snapshot", and the autor explain I must update
/etc before updating base utilities, and then he uses "postinstall";
after installing base.tgz, etc.tgz, etc. he uses "etcupdate".

Thank you.