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Date:      Fri, 23 May 2003 14:12:46 -0700
From:      "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
To:        "Amit K. Rao" <arao@niksun.com>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Updating -CURRENT, what about outdated files? 
Message-ID:  <20030523211246.31AB15D04@ptavv.es.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 23 May 2003 17:06:12 EDT." <200305231706.12519.arao@niksun.com> 

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> From: "Amit K. Rao" <arao@niksun.com>
> Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 17:06:12 -0400
> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org
> 
> Something like this was covered a few times before. See for example:
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=2154436+2157803+/usr/local/www/db/text/2003/freebsd-questions/20030323.freebsd-questions
> 
> 
> BTW, shouldn't "mergemaster -p" be before "make buildworld" ?

No. See src/UPDATING. "mergemaster -p" updates files that are required
for installworld to work, typically passwd and group. UPDATING calls for
it to be run after booting the new kernel, but before installworld.

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634



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