From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 29 18:54:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7894414D38 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 1999 18:54:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 1607 invoked from network); 30 Oct 1999 01:53:48 -0000 Received: from useram29.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.134.201) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 30 Oct 1999 01:53:48 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id CAA01179; Sat, 30 Oct 1999 02:53:47 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 02:53:47 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: J McKitrick Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSUP & buildworld Message-ID: <19991030025346.D317@marder-1> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 05:24:57PM +0100, J McKitrick wrote: > OK, i read the HOW-TO on buildworld. But i still have a question about > mergemaster. I didn't see it mentioned in the 47 page doc i read. Is > this used after installing the new world? > If i understand correctly, i want this order, right? > 1. CVSUP > 2. Build new kernel > 3. build world/install world > 4. mergemaster > If the "47 page doc" is Nik Clayton's "Making your own world" then it refers to ``dircomp.pl''. This won't run properly under 3.x (using perl 5.x, it requires perl 4.x) so mergemaster is the correct solution. It helps you selectively integrate changes into /etc. > -jm > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message