Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:38:49 +0100 From: Wout =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Decr=E9?= <wout@canodus.be> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/186625: Handbook rebuilding "world" upgrade procedure wrong mergemaster command Message-ID: <1393508329.3711.12.camel@debian.wout-t440s> In-Reply-To: <201402101120.s1ABKECO052831@cgiserv.freebsd.org> References: <201402101120.s1ABKECO052831@cgiserv.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 2014-02-10 at 11:20 +0000, Wout Decr wrote: > >Number: 186625 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: Handbook rebuilding "world" upgrade procedure wrong mergemaster command > >Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: low > >Responsible: freebsd-doc > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: doc-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Mon Feb 10 11:30:00 UTC 2014 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Wout Decr > >Release: > >Organization: > Canodus > >Environment: > >Description: > Under Procedure 23.2. Overview of Build World Process, step 9: > > Update any remaining configuration files. > > # mergemaster -p > > It suggests you should do the mergemaster command two times with the -p option. > > Before r43796, this was: > > # mergemaster > Can someone confirm this? If it was a mistake, I think it should be corrected soon, as people may not fully merge their /etc directory when rebuilding world. Maybe a note can be added describing the -F option (ignore files which differ only by VCS Id)? Cheers > > >How-To-Repeat: > Check http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/makeworld.html > >Fix: > I think this should just be: > > # mergemaster > > >Release-Note: > >Audit-Trail: > >Unformatted: > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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