On 18 Dec 2012, at 18:38, Bryan Drewery wrote: >> Just an FYI that the new distributed audit daemon has been MFC'd to >> 9-STABLE. >> >> As noted in UPDATING, you will need to run "mergemaster -p" before using >> installkernel or installworld targets in order to add the new >> "auditdistd" system user. This should be part of the regular update >> cycle anyway, but after the experience of adding auditdistd in >> 10-CURRENT, we've discovered that many people are skipping that step in >> the update cycle, so I figured it best to point out here. >> >> (Technically, only installworld requires the user, but the user-check >> guards in the system Makefiles are enforced for both targets.) > > Have you seen misc/174405? Apparently installkernel is requiring the > user as well. The documented process in UPDATING does not mention > running mergemaster -p before [install]kernel.
Hi Bryan: I was not aware of the PR. However, yes, that was the point I was making in my e-mail -- that the Makefile seems to put the user check on installkernel and not just installworld. While I did MFC the change to add the 'auditdistd' user to the requirements list, I didn't originate that change, and agree that it's a "false positive". I hadn't originally planned to add an UPDATING entry, or Makefile dependency, as mergemaster -p is part of our standard upgrade procedure before installworld; however, I got a lot of complaints :-). I did also add an explicit URL pointing at the upgrade procedure in the handbook as part of UPDATING as a result. It would be useful if someone would make the necessary changes to the Makefile infrastructure to allow kernel vs. userspace install-time dependencies on users (and groups) separate. Robert _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
