Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 11:54:18 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: CVSUP and 5.2.1 RELEASE Message-ID: <20040714115418.3cccf8fb.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <200407141248.43044.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> References: <25787.1089753241@critter.freebsd.dk> <200407141103.10881.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <20040714113019.7be536d5.steve@sohara.org> <200407141248.43044.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
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On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:48:39 +0200
Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 July 2004 12:30, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 11:03:10 +0200
> >
> > Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> wrote:
> > > mergemaster -p needs to happen before installworld, earlier than that
> > > is not required.
> >
> > From man mergemaster:
> >
> > -p Pre-buildworld mode. Compares only files known to be
> > essen- tial to the success of {build|install}world, including
> > /etc/make.conf.
>
> This seems wrong to me.
It did to me too, but last time I raised it I was told quite
definitely that this was indeed correct. AFAIK the only time mergemaster -p
has done anything it was only needed for installworld but it is intended
to cover the case that something might be needed before a buildworld one
day.
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