From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Aug 6 7:45:21 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5239737B400 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 07:45:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (ei.xs4all.nl [213.84.67.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2043D43E4A for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 07:45:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd-q@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g76Ejw5M047769; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 16:45:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stable@ei.bzerk.org) Received: (from stable@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g76Ejw8W047768; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 16:45:58 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 16:45:58 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot To: "David A. Panariti" Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Small request for updating Message-ID: <20020806164558.A47719@ei.bzerk.org> References: <20020806.103017.607958984.davep@meduseld.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020806.103017.607958984.davep@meduseld.net>; from davep@meduseld.net on Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 10:30:17AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 10:30:17AM -0400, David A. Panariti typed: > (Sorry about the empty message, shaky fingers on a small laptop > keyboard) > > This is really a request for the security branch (RELENG_X_y). > Would it be too much to ask that the updaters of UPDATING add a small > comment as to whether or not a mergemaster run is needed if updating > from the previous patch? > > I follow stable and the security lists, but being fallible I may miss > something. Mergemaster is *the* most time consuming step from my > perspective since it is interactive. If the committers knew whether > or not file(s) changed such that a mergemaster was needed, that little > bit of info would be a huge time saver. If no file(s) changed, mergemaster will exit without needing interaction. Just make sure everytime there is a change, you merge the line from the new file containing the files version id string into your version of the file. > > If this would be too much trouble, then never mind. > > thanks, > > davep > > -- > "A witty saying proves nothing." > -- Voltaire > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message