Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:16:05 +0000 (UTC) From: Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r338648 - head Message-ID: <201809131516.w8DFG5gC073447@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: ian Date: Thu Sep 13 15:16:05 2018 New Revision: 338648 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/338648 Log: If a user skips the pre-world mergemaster, an installworld check notices the missing ntpd user and refers to UPDATING. This change makes it more clear which aspect of UPDATING is important for the ntpd change. PR: 231334 Approved by: re (gjb) Modified: head/UPDATING Modified: head/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- head/UPDATING Thu Sep 13 14:54:52 2018 (r338647) +++ head/UPDATING Thu Sep 13 15:16:05 2018 (r338648) @@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW: 20180719: New uid:gid added, ntpd:ntpd (123:123). Be sure to run mergemaster or take steps to update /etc/passwd before doing installworld on - existing systems. Also, rc.d/ntpd now starts ntpd(8) as user ntpd + existing systems. Do not skip the "mergemaster -Fp" step before + installworld, as described in the update procedures near the bottom + of this document. Also, rc.d/ntpd now starts ntpd(8) as user ntpd if the new mac_ntpd(4) policy is available, unless ntpd_flags or the ntp config file contain options that change file/dir locations. When such options (e.g., "statsdir" or "crypto") are used, ntpd can
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