From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Mon Jul 23 04:55:46 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58273103E1BC for ; Mon, 23 Jul 2018 04:55:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: from www.zefox.net (www.zefox.net [50.1.20.27]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "www.zefox.org", Issuer "www.zefox.org" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B6BFC935F7 for ; Mon, 23 Jul 2018 04:55:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: from www.zefox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.zefox.net (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id w6N4ttNM045696 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 22 Jul 2018 21:55:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: (from fbsd@localhost) by www.zefox.net (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id w6N4tqs0045695; Sun, 22 Jul 2018 21:55:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd) Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 21:55:52 -0700 From: bob prohaska To: "Herbert J. Skuhra" Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, bob prohaska Subject: Re: ntpd as ntpd user question Message-ID: <20180723045552.GA44941@www.zefox.net> References: <5b90c49f-4616-9ef7-28a1-6445137245ef@nomadlogic.org> <1532191655.1344.80.camel@freebsd.org> <4b7acbd2-0230-345c-4370-24a72d0b492a@nomadlogic.org> <1532193285.1344.83.camel@freebsd.org> <20180721174722.GA40167@www.zefox.net> <1532196850.1344.87.camel@freebsd.org> <20180721220925.GA40238@www.zefox.net> <20180721234941.2ojf76kxxqfhnys7@mail.bsd4all.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180721234941.2ojf76kxxqfhnys7@mail.bsd4all.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 04:55:46 -0000 On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 01:49:41AM +0200, Herbert J. Skuhra wrote: > On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 03:09:26PM -0700, bob prohaska wrote: > > The failure is a little surprising, is ntpd a reserved name? > > Why? You obviously entered the string "ntpd" instead of an integer when > asked for the uid!? > Sigh...you're right. Must have been sleepier than I thought. > > The machine is re-running buildworld/installworld from a clean start, > > so presumably it'll halt over the same error again. When that happens, > > what's the simplest way to recover? Mergemaster is a big hammer, something > > less comprehensive might suffice, even manual editing of files. > > In this case 'mergemaster -p' is enough. > An example or two on the use of mergemaster might be a considerable help. There's something very basic that I don't understand. What is the correct response to the prompts for this simple case? The output displayed is said to be differences, so the "temporary" file's nature isn't self-evident. It looks as if the most obvious option is m, followed by eb, but that leaves me editing by hand, which is what I thought mergemaster was supposed to avoid. Thanks for reading, and apologies for being dense. bob prohaska