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Date:      Mon, 28 Aug 2023 17:53:00 +0900
From:      Tomoaki AOKI <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: etcupdate -p, and other uses of etcupdate(8) (was: Has the update procedure changed?)
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On Sun, 27 Aug 2023 18:16:35 +0100
Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 07/08/2023 16:51, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > UPDATING seems to match the Makefile except that Makefile is far less 
> > detailed. The Makefile even says "See src/UPDATING `COMMON ITEMS' for 
> > more complete information."
> >
> > …  "etcupdate -p". …
> 
> <https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@fbfortune/110960171470986602>; prompted me to 
> look at 
> <https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/commit/1909a1f4947d85e27564a3fa54d3df6f71a065dc#diff-e5eba14393c650ee8e8bcd7ca7a2d2dfecd6d15e54b927b89d04ed7eb1eb93baR540-R546>. 
> 
> 
> Is this fortune-provided tip outdated?

For new install with bsdinstall [1] and binary update by
freebsd-update [2], yes. But for src updates, no [3].


[1]
https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current/2023-August/004194.html

[2]
https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current/2023-August/004208.html

[3]
https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current/2023-August/004210.html


-- 
Tomoaki AOKI    <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp>



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