Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:42:08 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: dougb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help, I killed my machine. Message-ID: <42BB3AC0.7000408@cs.tu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <20050623215056.GC14105@keyslapper.net> References: <42BB0C22.6010000@webexc.com> <42BB1559.6010604@cs.tu-berlin.de> <20050623215056.GC14105@keyslapper.net>
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Louis LeBlanc wrote: > On 06/23/05 10:02 PM, Björn König sat at the `puter and typed: > >>The -p stands for "pre-buildworld mode", i.e. you should run it before >>buildworld. ;-) > > Uh, careful. My copy of the FreeBSD handbook > (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html) > says to do it this way: > > # make buildworld > # make buildkernel > # make installkernel > # reboot > > [...] > > After installkernel finishes successfully, you should boot in single > user mode (i.e. using boot -s from the loader prompt). Then run: > > # mergemaster -p > # make installworld > # mergemaster > # reboot Indeed. I read the mergemaster script partially and deceided that it won't hurt to run 'mergemaster -p' before 'make buildworld'; and I think that this way is the intention of the author of mergemaster too. If I'm mistaken then somebody should state the description in mergemaster(8) more precisely. I think it is confusing to call it 'pre-buildworld mode' if it would be better to execute this command after 'make buildworld' in general. I prefer looking into manpages than into the handbook. Björn P.S.: I CC'd Doug Barton who wrote most parts of mergemaster.
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