From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Mar 29 18: 8: 0 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from lynx.syix.com (lynx.syix.com [205.171.72.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E50737B400 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2002 18:07:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from cat (cat.npqr.net [63.147.19.40]) by lynx.syix.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2U27sk17705 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2002 18:07:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pan@syix.com) Message-ID: <01c201c1d78f$b45be120$2813933f@cat> From: "pan" To: References: <01ac01c1d784$43ef5da0$2813933f@cat> <3CA51053.54545840@ntlworld.com> Subject: Re: another way 4.5s is broken (user smmsp -> make installworld) Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 18:07:49 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG From: "ian j hart" > > > > I have no idea if the way I set up this new required sendmail user account > > is correct - I plan on rm'ing the user before mergemaster > > I assume user:smmsp is not needed to be created until mergemaster > > Don't do that, it will break mergemaster. > Fix it when merging master.passwd & group > Yes - I ended up seeing what the correct set up for smmsp AND mailnull are when mergemaster showed the diffs for master.passwd I had to add a bogus ssmsp user/group back in to get mergemaster to run at all What the problem was is that UPDATING and other notes mention not that smmsp and mailmull are needed just to cvsup to stable (haven't noticed anything here in stable about smmsp or mailnull either) and certainly what little clue is in /usr/src/... after cvs does not make plain in any open or ready fashion the details for smmsp & mailnull i.e. - it is possible for the clueful and semi-clueful (like me) to get past the stops, but info needs to be added to UPDATING now only if the ata driver was working in 4.5s .... again, apologies for my tone ... Pan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message