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Date:      Tue, 9 Jun 2026 10:03:43 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        =?UTF-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@FreeBSD.org>, Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@FreeBSD.org>, "dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org" <dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org>, "dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org" <dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: git: ddf6fad0295a - main - etcupdate: Make nobuild the default
Message-ID:  <387ec9ef-32a5-4600-ad88-ec7b04b0f190@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <86ecihqdbj.fsf@ltc.des.dev>
References:  <6a22f100.42af1.51deb269@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <8E2A1D1D-F83C-4583-82B4-53B869507627@freebsd.org> <86ecihqdbj.fsf@ltc.des.dev>

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On 6/8/26 11:09, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@freebsd.org> writes:
>> Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@freebsd.org> writes:
>>> commit ddf6fad0295aa92af5eed2a4b2fa0bd02f47d94d
>>> Author:     Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>
>>> AuthorDate: 2026-06-05 15:53:25 +0000
>>> Commit:     Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>
>>> CommitDate: 2026-06-05 15:53:25 +0000
>>>
>>>     etcupdate: Make nobuild the default
>>>
>>>     The common case for etcupdate is to run it after building and installing
>>>     the world, in which case we already have an object directory to draw on.
>>>     Add a -b option to turn nobuild off (opposite of -B), and turn nobuild
>>>     on by default.
>>>
>>>     MFC after:      1 week
>> Changing the default here seems like it might not be appropriate for MFC?
> 
> On the contrary, the reason I'm switching is that the current default is
> harmful.

Harmful or slow?  Certainly it is slower, but AFAIK you still get an updated
/etc.  Maybe the generated sendmail.mc files are slightly different from the
ones you would otherwise get, but those changes are cosmetic (comments only).

-- 
John Baldwin



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