Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 16:39:23 -0500 From: Dustin Puryear <dpuryear@usa.net> To: fcash@sd73.bc.ca Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.4-REL to FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE upgrade problem. Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20030707163654.03031948@pop.netaddress.com> In-Reply-To: <200307071427.54166.fcash@sd73.bc.ca> References: <5.2.1.1.0.20030707161332.03031948@pop.netaddress.com> <5.2.1.1.0.20030707155536.063a9d78@pop.netaddress.com> <5.2.1.1.0.20030707161332.03031948@pop.netaddress.com>
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At 02:27 PM 7/7/2003 -0700, Freddie Cash wrote:
>On July 7, 2003 02:19 pm, you wrote:
> From the man page for mergemaster:
> -p Pre-buildworld mode. Compares only files known to be
>essen-
> tial to the success of {build|install}world, including
> /etc/make.conf.
>
>There is a blurb near the top that mentions running pwd_mkdb with the -p
>option to rebuild the master password file. I think this is what is
>confusing you.
My manpage must be outdated or just wrong then:
# man mergemaster | grep -- -p
the -p option to rebuild your password databases and recreate
This is from a longer paragraph, and no mention is made of "Pre-buildworld
mode". This may be indeed what is throwing me. There seems to also be an
error in /usr/src/Makefile since it states that:
# For individuals wanting to upgrade their sources (even if only a
# delta of a few days):
#
# 1. `cd /usr/src' (or to the directory containing your source tree).
# 2. `make buildworld'
# 3. `make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC).
# 4. `make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC).
# 5. `reboot' (in single user mode: boot -s from the loader prompt).
# 6. `mergemaster -p'
# 7. `make installworld'
# 8. `mergemaster'
# 9. `reboot'
Notice that there is no mention of mergemaster until step 6.
This is a test system, but it's remote and I don't want to clobber it
unnecessarily.
---
Dustin Puryear <dustin@puryear-it.com>
Puryear Information Technology, LLC <http://www.puryear-it.com>;
Providing expertise in the management, integration, and
security of Windows and UNIX systems, networks, and applications.
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