Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 15:20:03 -0700 (PDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/43941: Rationale for Upgrade Sequence Message-ID: <200210112220.g9BMK35l024231@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/43941; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To: kientzle@acm.org
Cc: pepper@reppep.com, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org,
dougb@FreeBSD.org, imp@village.org
Subject: Re: docs/43941: Rationale for Upgrade Sequence
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 16:15:23 -0600 (MDT)
In message: <3DA749FE.8010407@acm.org>
Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> writes:
: 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.
mergemaster -p isn't needed for buildworld, but is needed for
installworld. One can run it before buildworld without ill effect, as
far as I know, but it isn't required. /etc/make.conf is empty except
for comments by default, so updating it with mergemaster likely won't
make any difference.
Warner
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