Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 17:27:35 -0400 From: "Amit K. Rao" <arao@niksun.com> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating -CURRENT, what about outdated files? Message-ID: <200305231727.35802.arao@niksun.com> In-Reply-To: <20030523211246.31AB15D04@ptavv.es.net> References: <20030523211246.31AB15D04@ptavv.es.net>
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On Friday 23 May 2003 05:12 pm, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > From: "Amit K. Rao" <arao@niksun.com> > > Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 17:06:12 -0400 > > Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org > > > > Something like this was covered a few times before. See for example: > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=2154436+2157803+/usr/local/ww > >w/db/text/2003/freebsd-questions/20030323.freebsd-questions > > > > > > BTW, shouldn't "mergemaster -p" be before "make buildworld" ? > > No. See src/UPDATING. "mergemaster -p" updates files that are required > for installworld to work, typically passwd and group. UPDATING calls for > it to be run after booting the new kernel, but before installworld. OK. Thanks. I wondered because mergemaster(8) refers to -p as "pre-buildworld mode". -p Pre-buildworld mode. Compares only files known to be essen- tial to the success of {build|install}world, including /etc/make.conf. Amit
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