From owner-freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Mon Jan 4 19:24:35 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3AB04C48D0 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 2021 19:24:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (mailman.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D8ltq6P9rz3psv for ; Mon, 4 Jan 2021 19:24:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) id DB7C44C4A10; Mon, 4 Jan 2021 19:24:35 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: bugs@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB4024C487D for ; Mon, 4 Jan 2021 19:24:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4D8ltq5m4Fz3q1w for ; Mon, 4 Jan 2021 19:24:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:1d]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B91271F581 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 2021 19:24:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.5]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 104JOZpX048764 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 2021 19:24:35 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: (from www@localhost) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 104JOZ6H048763 for bugs@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 4 Jan 2021 19:24:35 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: kenobi.freebsd.org: www set sender to bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org using -f From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 252417] mergemaster: deprecation and removal plan Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2021 19:24:35 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: bin X-Bugzilla-Version: CURRENT X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Some People X-Bugzilla-Who: ngie@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: bug_id short_desc product version rep_platform op_sys bug_status bug_severity priority component assigned_to reporter Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2021 19:24:36 -0000 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.=