On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 05:04:39PM +0100, Stefan Wollny wrote:
> Am 02.12.2014 16:46 schrieb Otto Moerbeek:
> >On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 04:39:11PM +0100, Stefan Wollny wrote:
> >
> >>Hi there, reading the upgrade-guide 5.5 to 5.6
> >>on http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade56.html I came across an issue with
> >>sysmerge options: The guide advises to run sysmerge like so:sysmerge -s
> >>${RELEASEPATH}/etc56.tgz -x ${RELEASEPATH}/xetc56.tgz I have the
> >>*tgz-files in the folder ~/Downloads/amd64/. I have cd'ed there and
> >>runsysmerge
> >>-s etc56.tgz -x xetc56.tgz What I get is the following
> >>comment:/usr/sbin/sysmerge[612]:
> >>-s: unknown optionusage: sysmerge [-bdp] man sysmerge tells me
> >>(http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man8/sysmerge.8?query=sysmerge)SYNOPSIS
> >>sysmerge
> >>[-bdp] Question:Is my system outdated or should the FAQ get a review?
> >>Cheers,STEFAN
> >
> >Looks like you are running a current sysmerge. Likely you did not
> >upgrade to 5.6-release, but 5.6-current, using a snapshot.
> >
> > -Otto
>
> Hi Otto,
>
> thanks for the quick reply.
>
> Yes - your assumption is correct, I run 5.6-current. Nevertheless: What
> would the correct usage of sysmerge be as the online-version of 'man(8)
> sysmerge' does not know about the options '-s' and '-x'?
>
> Best,
> STEFAN
Run it without arguments,
-Otto
