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From: Wout =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Decr=E9?= <wout@canodus.be>
Subject: Re: docs/186625: Handbook rebuilding "world" upgrade procedure
 wrong mergemaster command
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The following reply was made to PR docs/186625; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Wout =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Decr=E9?= <wout@canodus.be>
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Subject: Re: docs/186625: Handbook rebuilding "world" upgrade procedure
 wrong mergemaster command
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:38:49 +0100

 On Mon, 2014-02-10 at 11:20 +0000, Wout Decr wrote:
 > >Number:         186625
 > >Category:       docs
 > >Synopsis:       Handbook rebuilding "world" upgrade procedure wrong mergemaster command
 > >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:   Mon Feb 10 11:30:00 UTC 2014
 > >Closed-Date:
 > >Last-Modified:
 > >Originator:     Wout Decr
 > >Release:        
 > >Organization:
 > Canodus
 > >Environment:
 > >Description:
 > Under Procedure 23.2. Overview of Build World Process, step 9:
 > 
 > Update any remaining configuration files.
 > 
 > # mergemaster -p
 > 
 > It suggests you should do the mergemaster command two times with the -p option.
 > 
 > Before r43796, this was:
 > 
 > # mergemaster
 > 
 
 Can someone confirm this? If it was a mistake, I think it should be
 corrected soon, as people may not fully merge their /etc directory when
 rebuilding world.
 
 Maybe a note can be added describing the -F option (ignore files which
 differ only by VCS Id)?
 
 Cheers
 
 > 
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > Check http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/makeworld.html
 > >Fix:
 > I think this should just be:
 > 
 > # mergemaster
 > 
 > >Release-Note:
 > >Audit-Trail:
 > >Unformatted:
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