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Date:      Fri, 11 Oct 2002 15:10:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org>
To:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: docs/43941: Rationale for Upgrade Sequence
Message-ID:  <200210112210.g9BMA3Mo023664@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR docs/43941; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org>
To: Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, dougb@FreeBSD.org,
	Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Subject: Re: docs/43941: Rationale for Upgrade Sequence
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 15:00:30 -0700

 The current UPDATING file
 
 puts the 'mergemaster -p' step
 after installkernel/reboot and before
 installworld.
 
 Warner Losh (who maintains UPDATING)
 should be able to say whether UPDATING
 or mergemaster(8) is correct.
 
 Tim Kientzle
 
 Re <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=43941>,
 Chris Pepper observes:
 
 >     mergemaster's documentation says it should run with -p before 
 > buildworld, so if this is intended to be "official", mergemaster's docco 
 > should be updated.
 > 
 >     From mergemaster(8):
 > 
 >>      -p          Pre-buildworld mode.  Compares only files known to be 
 >> essen-
 >>                  tial to the success of {build|install}world, including
 >>                  /etc/make.conf.
 
 
 

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