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Date:      Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:51:54 -0500
From:      Allan Jude <freebsd@allanjude.com>
To:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: docs/186625: Handbook rebuilding "world" upgrade procedure wrong mergemaster command
Message-ID:  <530F7B3A.3000404@allanjude.com>
In-Reply-To: <201402271350.s1RDo1JT063631@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <201402271350.s1RDo1JT063631@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On 2014-02-27 08:50, Wout Decr=E9 wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR docs/186625; it has been noted by GN=
ATS.
>=20
> From: Wout =3D?ISO-8859-1?Q?Decr=3DE9?=3D <wout@canodus.be>
> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
> Cc: =20
> Subject: Re: docs/186625: Handbook rebuilding "world" upgrade procedure=

>  wrong mergemaster command
> Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:38:49 +0100
>=20
>  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:       =20
>  > >Keywords:      =20
>  > >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:       =20
>  > >Organization:
>  > Canodus
>  > >Environment:
>  > >Description:
>  > Under Procedure 23.2. Overview of Build World Process, step 9:
>  >=20
>  > Update any remaining configuration files.
>  >=20
>  > # mergemaster -p
>  >=20
>  > It suggests you should do the mergemaster command two times with the=
 -p option.
>  >=20
>  > Before r43796, this was:
>  >=20
>  > # mergemaster
>  >=20
> =20
>  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 whe=
n
>  rebuilding world.
> =20
>  Maybe a note can be added describing the -F option (ignore files which=

>  differ only by VCS Id)?
> =20
>  Cheers
> =20
>  >=20
>  > >How-To-Repeat:
>  > Check http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/makeworld.html
>  > >Fix:
>  > I think this should just be:
>  >=20
>  > # mergemaster
>  >=20
>  > >Release-Note:
>  > >Audit-Trail:
>  > >Unformatted:
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Yes, the 2nd mergemaster (after installworld) should be without the -p

And yes, I think it would be a good idea to at least offer a <tip> about
using -F to avoid conflicts where the only difference is the VCS Id


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Allan Jude


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