docs/74231: Conflicting information on mergemaster -p

[Brooks Davis]

On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 01:50:38PM +0000, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR docs/74231; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida at ceid.upatras.gr>
> To: Brian Candler <b.candler at pobox.com>
> Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: docs/74231: Conflicting information on mergemaster -p
> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:37:38 +0200
> 
>  On 2004-11-22 10:18, Brian Candler <b.candler at pobox.com> wrote:
>  >
>  > Make it clear where mergemaster -p should be done in the entire process:
>  > is it ever required before buildworld, or only before installworld?
>  
>  AFAIK, mergemaster -p is only needed before installworld.  The makefile
>  `magic' of the build process is smart enough to handle the buildworld
>  stage without mergemaster's help.
>  
>  I could be wrong, but I have been running mergemaster -p only before
>  installworld, while in single-user mode, for years now.  I don't recall
>  any problems with that.

This is correct.  mergemaster -p is there to merge the pieces needed for
install world (usually users and groups need for install or mtree runs).

-- Brooks

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