Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 12:56:26 -0700 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, Renato Botelho <garga@freebsd.org> Cc: Brad Davis <brd@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r347961 - head Message-ID: <a21183c9-dcfe-7dc0-3fb4-1380e4a22f38@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20190522124822.GA99369@FreeBSD.org> References: <201905181936.x4IJaNir001183@repo.freebsd.org> <47ad59b3-5adf-20bf-5dcc-23da82610cea@FreeBSD.org> <20190522124822.GA99369@FreeBSD.org>
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On 5/22/19 5:48 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 09:42:29AM -0300, Renato Botelho wrote: >> On 18/05/19 16:36, Brad Davis wrote: >>> New Revision: 347961 >>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/347961 >>> >>> Log: >>> Add note to UPDATING for users of mergemaster after the move of >>> master.passwd and group in r347638. >>> >>> Approved by: allanjude (mentor) >>> >>> Modified: >>> head/UPDATING >>> >>> +20190517: >>> + For users of mergemaster, after recent changes to locations of >>> + master.passwd and group in the source tree mergemaster needs to be >>> + updated. Before running `mergemaster -p', cd to usr.sbin/mergemaster >>> + and run `make install'. >>> + >> >> etcupdate is installing group and master.passwd to /lib/libc/gen. It >> seems wrong. >> >> root@x230:/usr/src # etcupdate -p >> A /lib/libc/gen/group >> A /lib/libc/gen/master.passwd > > *facepalm* > > Let me ask again: why these files were moved out of their perfectly > (and likely the only) reasonable location (etc/) under some cryptic > libc/gen/ which not only makes little sense per se, but also breaks > mergemaster(8) and similar tools? Because bmake doesn't support .PATH? Oh wait... -- John Baldwin
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