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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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