Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 09:13:09 -0700 From: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Success updating stable/11 to /12; a couple things to note Message-ID: <1545927189.78877.80.camel@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20181227135314.GW22302@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <20181227135314.GW22302@albert.catwhisker.org>
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On Thu, 2018-12-27 at 05:53 -0800, David Wolfskill wrote: > * I found that I actually needed to create the ntpd user on the > running system prior to "make installworld" -- having run > "mergemaster -U" against the target (DESTDIF) was insufficient. The correct update sequence involves running mergemaster twice, once with the -p option, then again later without it. It's detailed at the bottom of UPDATING. People get in the habit of skipping the -p step because it's only really needed once every few years, such as when a new user is added to the base system. -- Ian
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