From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 14 10:54:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21BCE16A4CE for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:54:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail09.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net (mail09.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.118.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7AE2843D2F for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:54:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: (qmail 60552 messnum 242459 invoked from network[159.134.255.166/159-134-255-166.as1.nas.naas.eircom.net]); 14 Jul 2004 10:54:19 -0000 Received: from 159-134-255-166.as1.nas.naas.eircom.net (HELO localhost) (159.134.255.166) by mail09.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net (qp 60552) with SMTP; 14 Jul 2004 10:54:19 -0000 Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 11:54:18 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: Michael Nottebrock 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.11 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) X-Face: %]+HVL}K`P8>+8ZcY-WGHP6j@&mxMo9JH6_WdgIgUGH)JX/usO0%jy7T~IVgqjumD^OBqX,Kv^-GM6mlw(fI^$"QRKyZ$?xx/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: CVSUP and 5.2.1 RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:54:23 -0000 On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:48:39 +0200 Michael Nottebrock wrote: > On Wednesday 14 July 2004 12:30, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 11:03:10 +0200 > > > > Michael Nottebrock 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. -- C:>WIN | Solar Thermal Systems The computer obeys and wins. | http://www.soleire.com/ You lose and Bill collects. | Directable Mirror Arrays | http://www.sohara.org/