From owner-freebsd-stable Wed May 15 21:37:22 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from pioneernet.net (mail.pioneernet.net [207.115.64.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A106737B408 for ; Wed, 15 May 2002 21:37:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chip3.wiegand.org [66.114.152.128] by pioneernet.net with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.06) id A769414012A; Wed, 15 May 2002 21:36:57 -0700 Subject: Re: makeworld problem - my first attempt at this From: Chip Wiegand To: Mike Hoskins Cc: FreeBSD Stable In-Reply-To: <20020515181840.P52037-100000@snafu.adept.org> References: <20020515181840.P52037-100000@snafu.adept.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 Date: 15 May 2002 21:40:11 -0700 Message-Id: <1021524011.11672.52.camel@chip3.wiegand.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 19:21, Mike Hoskins wrote: > On 15 May 2002, Chip Wiegand wrote: > > > The UPDATING file specifies to run mergemaster again after installworld, > > I assume I run it without any options, correct? > > Then a reboot should finish up the process. > > I usually do `mergemaster -i` after installworld. That will sync up any > config changes between your system and the new src tree. If something > like MAKEDEV gets installed, it will prompt you to rebuild your devices. > > *another pat on back for Douglas Barton* > > Later, > -Mike Okay, I ran mergemaster -i and it failed like this - ============= mtree -deU -f /usr/src/etc/mtree/BSD.sendmail.dist -p /var/tmp/temproot mtree: line 10: unknown user smmsp *** error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/etc *** Fatal error: cannot 'cd' to /usr/src/etc and install files to the temproot environment. ================ When I ran mergemaster -i it asked the question - =========== The directory specified for temporary root environment /var/tmp/temproot exists... use d to delete .... use t to select another... use e to exit.... default is to use /var/tmp/temproot as is How should I deal with this? [Use existing....] =========== I pressed enter to use existing directory and got the above error. Which option should I try? -- Chip W www.wiegand.org chip@wiegand.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message