From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 12 19:54:58 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BD46B4B0; Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:54:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (bigwig.baldwin.cx [IPv6:2001:470:1f11:75::1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 984732141; Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:54:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jhbbsd.localnet (unknown [209.249.190.124]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 95294B91A; Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:54:57 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r258066 - in head: tools/regression/usr.sbin/etcupdate usr.sbin/etcupdate Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:47:10 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.4-CBSD-20130906; KDE/4.5.5; amd64; ; ) References: <201311121944.rACJiJnS079510@svn.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201311121944.rACJiJnS079510@svn.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201311121447.10896.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:54:57 -0500 (EST) Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:54:58 -0000 On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:44:19 pm John Baldwin wrote: > Author: jhb > Date: Tue Nov 12 19:44:18 2013 > New Revision: 258066 > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/258066 > > Log: > Add a pre-world mode of updating similar to the -p option that can be > passed to mergemaster. In this mode, only changes to /etc/master.passwd > and /etc/group are merged to /etc. In addition, it uses a temporary > tree to stage these changes rather than overwriting the existing > 'current' and 'previous' trees so that a full update can be run after > a normal installworld has completed. I believe that this gives etcupdate feature parity with mergemaster insofar as they have different design goals. -- John Baldwin