Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 11:58:40 -0500 (EST) From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-bugs-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: Mergemaster guy <doubg@FreeBSD.org> Subject: docs/62484: (mergemaster) does pre-buildworld really mean that? Message-ID: <20040207165840.8E1EA11@be-well.no-ip.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200402071700.i17H0X77073052@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 62484 >Category: docs >Synopsis: (mergemaster) does pre-buildworld really mean that? >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Feb 07 09:00:33 PST 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Lowell Gilbert >Release: FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD be-well.ilk.org 4.9-STABLE FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #62: Mon Feb 2 12:30:09 EST 2004 root@be-well.ilk.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/BE-WELL i386 >Description: The -p option for mergemaster is described as the "pre-buildworld" option, but we actually advise using it immediately before installworld. Either one will work fine as far as I can recall, but the difference has confused at least one person on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: The easiest tweak would be to move the "mergemaster -p" to immediately before the buildworld in the Handbook's "Canonical Way to Update Your System". >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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