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' 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 cannot think of an example where the system is left unbootable/damaged if make delete-old is run after mergemaster. What do people think of the patch at [2]? Chris [1] http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/Makefile?r1=148329&r2=148330&; [2] http://www.bayofrum.net/~crees/patches/delete-old-order.diff _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
