Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 10:53:25 -0700 From: Ravi Pokala <rpokala@freebsd.org> To: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>, <src-committers@freebsd.org>, <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, Will Andrews <will@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r336526 - head Message-ID: <67239C31-11DA-43E0-B282-5AE894C2B0CB@panasas.com> In-Reply-To: <1532108303.1344.57.camel@freebsd.org> References: <201807200044.w6K0i4QQ079894@repo.freebsd.org> <FB81978A-C563-48E8-B259-A607126A7301@panasas.com> <1532108303.1344.57.camel@freebsd.org>
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-----Original Message----- From: <owner-src-committers@freebsd.org> on behalf of Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> Date: 2018-07-20, Friday at 10:38 To: Ravi Pokala <rpokala@freebsd.org>, <src-committers@freebsd.org>, <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r336526 - head > On Fri, 2018-07-20 at 09:56 -0700, Ravi Pokala wrote: >> Hi Ian, >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: <owner-src-committers@freebsd.org> on behalf of Ian Lepore >> Date: 2018-07-19, Thursday at 17:44 >> To: <src-committers@freebsd.org>, <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, >> Subject: svn commit: r336526 - head >> >>> >>> Author: ian >>> Date: Fri Jul 20 00:44:04 2018 >>> New Revision: 336526 >>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/336526 >>> >>> Log: >>> Add ntpd to the list of users/groups to check before installing. >>> >>> Modified: >>> head/Makefile.inc1 >> When trying to installworld: >> >> ERROR: Required ntpd user is missing, see /usr/src/UPDATING. >> >> But there is no UPDATING entry about this. (Also, shouldn't it be ${SRCTOP}/UPDATING?) >> >> Thanks, >> >> Ravi (rpokala@) > > I wondered about that too, when I accidentally stumbled across the > CHECK_UIDS thing and realized I should add ntpd to it. I searched in > UPDATING for some of the other things in the CHECK_UIDS list to see > what had been said about such changes in the past, even searching > through old-old svn history, and found nothing. > > I finally settled on the thought that the reference to UPDATING was to > the stuff at the bottom that never changes. In particular to the > section around line 1595 that documents the instalkernel, reboot, > mergemaster, installworld sequence. The mergemaster part should take > care of the new userid, I guess. > > -- Ian Interesting. I was attempting the install via the `beinstall.sh' script. CCing will@, since he wrote it. Thanks, Ravi (rpokala@)
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