Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 23:10:18 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org> To: never@nevermind.kiev.ua Cc: cjc@FreeBSD.ORG, lists@lists.symmetric.net, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installworld failure Message-ID: <20020413.231018.27293854.imp@village.org> In-Reply-To: <20020403113259.GA74371@nevermind.kiev.ua> References: <Pine.BSF.4.33L2.0204021445280.35622-100000@centipede.symmetric.net> <20020402152252.D52193@blossom.cjclark.org> <20020403113259.GA74371@nevermind.kiev.ua>
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Nevermind <never@nevermind.kiev.ua> writes:
: Hello, Crist J. Clark!
:
: On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 03:22:52PM -0800, you wrote:
:
: > > mtree -deU -f /usr/src/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist -p /var
: > > mtree: line 63: unknown user smmsp
: > > *** Error code 1
: > >
: > > ====
: > >
: > > what is wrong here?
: >
: > You don't have a user smmsp in your passwd(5) database. Update your
: > master.passwd(5) and group(5) files and try again.
: Shouldn't it be done by mergemaster? I think that build/install should
: not depend on this kind of things, or there should be note in handbook
: (&& | ||) UPDATING that mergemaster should be run _before_ installworld.
Actually, generally speaking, mergemaster should be done after the
installworld. However, this issue does raise an interesting point
that sometimes the account merge part of it does need to be run
before.
Warner
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