Re: Unexpected results with 'mergemaster -Ui'

[Graham Perrin]

On 11/08/2018 09:02, Graham Perrin wrote:
> … Also today, with an earlier run of mergemaster, when I _did_ choose to 
> install a temporary file, the installation failed. I didn't keep a note of 
> the specifics but a file mode was mentioned.

For reference only

I built a slightly more recent world and kernel,
installed the kernel,
could not reproduce the installation failure with mergemaster.

(Side note: could not installworld, bugged as outlined at 
. I guess 
that the breakage will be fixed in due course.)

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Re: Unexpected results with 'mergemaster -Ui'

[David Wolfskill]

Of course, I then saw that you *had* an "ntpd" entry in your side
anyway.  Sorry for the noise.

Peace,
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Re: Unexpected results with 'mergemaster -Ui'

[David Wolfskill]

On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 10:48:33AM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> >  line 133 onwards, for example.
> > 
> > I never before found any potential change to
> > /etc/group
> > 
> > Please, is it unusual?
> 
> No, it is normal, that happens if you have local changes.
> I suggest you discard the incoming /etc/group and go with your
> current version and the local changes.
> 

Caution:  if you do that, you will lose the (new) entry for the group
"ntpd", which is probably not what you want.

There was a recent(-ish) change that created the user & group "ntpd" *so
there should be a corresponding change to /etc/master.passwd, as well).

I recommend that you "merge" the changes: take the FreeBSD version ("r")
for the $FreeBSD: line and for the ntpd line; use yours ("l") for the
others, then -- optionally -- "view" the changed file (will use your
$PAGER -- from which you can invoke $EDITOR and make additional changes
if something doesn't look quite right), then "install" the changed file.

Tangentially related, I also recommend doing these updates within a
script(1) session, so you have a record in case there are questionis
about what actually happened.

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david  (who updates daily)
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Re: Unexpected results with 'mergemaster -Ui'

[Kurt Jaeger]

Hi!

>  line 133 onwards, for example.
> 
> I never before found any potential change to
> /etc/group
> 
> Please, is it unusual?

No, it is normal, that happens if you have local changes.
I suggest you discard the incoming /etc/group and go with your
current version and the local changes.

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Unexpected results with 'mergemaster -Ui'

[Graham Perrin]

 line 133 onwards, for example.

I never before found any potential change to
/etc/group

Please, is it unusual?

Lack of experience here. I have updated the system only a few times (maybe less 
than a dozen), the result of mergemaster on this occasion took me by surprise.

Results on all previous occasions were relatively terse, much less to 
consider/merge.



Also today, with an earlier run of mergemaster, when I _did_ choose to install 
a temporary file, the installation failed. I didn't keep a note of the 
specifics but a file mode was mentioned.
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