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From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject: Re: docs/43941: Rationale for Upgrade Sequence
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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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