Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2021 19:24:35 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 252417] mergemaster: deprecation and removal plan Message-ID: <bug-252417-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D252417 Bug ID: 252417 Summary: mergemaster: deprecation and removal plan Product: Base System Version: CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: ngie@FreeBSD.org mergemaster(8) has been deprecated for several releases and its replacement--etcupdate(8)--has been present in production systems since at least 9.x/10.x. Reasons for deprecating/removing mergemaster(8) are as follows: 1. It doesn't have a maintainer. 2. It's not being actively developed. 3. It was made fragile with the move from svn to git (it relies on RCS tags like $FreeBSD$, which are no longer incremented when touched, requiring man= ual human intervention). It's past time to replace mergemaster(8) with etcupdate(8). This bug will track the following items: * Reconciling all missing features (if any) between etcupdate(8) and mergemaster(8) so the transition can be relatively painless. * Replacing mergemaster(8) with etcupdate(8) in documentation (in base and docs). Affected areas [in base] in my svn checkout (which is admittedly dat= ed) appear to be as follows: $ grep -rIl mergemaster . contrib/sendmail/FREEBSD-upgrade release/tools/vmimage.subr release/scripts/mm-mtree.sh release/Makefile share/man/man8/beinstall.8 share/man/man7/build.7 targets/pseudo/userland/Makefile.depend tools/build/beinstall.sh usr.sbin/etcupdate/etcupdate.8 usr.sbin/Makefile usr.sbin/mergemaster/... Makefile UPDATING $ * Adding appropriate messaging in the utility to note the deprecation/remov= al plan. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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