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. Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 _______________________________________________ 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"
