On 29 May 2013 19:57, Alexander Leidinger <alexan...@leidinger.net> wrote: > On Wed, 29 May 2013 11:53:41 -0600 > Warner Losh <i...@bsdimp.com> wrote: > >> [[ summarizing a conversation in irc ]] >> >> The below fragment doesn't match UPDATING. Since I don't think the >> order matters; and since we've had no reports that UPDATING is wrong; >> and since I think way more people follow updating than the Makefile; >> we should fix the makefile and make the docs match both. > > The order matters, mergemaster first, then delete-old. UPDATING is > correct. At least regarding the order all places should be corrected > which tell to use the reverse order. > >> Warner >> >> On May 29, 2013, at 10:02 AM, Chris Rees wrote: >> >> > Hi all! >> > >> > Back in 2005, when Alexander Leidinger wrote the make delete-old >> > target, he documented the order of upgrade such that it should be >> > run before mergemaster [1]; >> > >> > # 7. `make installworld' >> > # 8. `make delete-old' >> > # 9. `mergemaster' > > This is the wrong order. > >> > I have merged the delete-old section of the Handbook into the >> > upgrading chapter, and independently decided to put mergemaster >> > first, because I thought it would be safer, but checked here before >> > I committed. >> > >> > I think that steps 8 and 9 should be reversed, because of the >> > possibility of an unbootable system being made, when an rc script >> > references an executable that has just been removed for example. > > I agree. >
Committed. Thanks! Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
