Bug 256830 - the COMMON ITEMS: section in /usr/src/UPDATING makes no mention of etcupdate
Summary: the COMMON ITEMS: section in /usr/src/UPDATING makes no mention of etcupdate
Status: Open
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Books & Articles (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
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Assignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody)
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Keywords: needs-patch
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Reported: 2021-06-25 12:45 UTC by tech-lists
Modified: 2023-06-03 09:33 UTC (History)
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Description tech-lists 2021-06-25 12:45:20 UTC 
Hello,

context: stable/13

The COMMON ITEMS: section in /usr/src/UPDATING makes no mention of etcupdate. 

Please can we have the mentions/examples of mergemaster +switches changed to etcupdate (+equivalent switches) and also mention what to do if etcupdate has never been run on the system before (etcupdate extract)
Comment 1 tech-lists 2021-06-25 12:47:04 UTC 
srctree last updated: Thu Jun 24 20:42:56 2021 -0300 version: 245220
Comment 2 Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2021-12-28 12:58:06 UTC 
<https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/UPDATING?id=e641c29a006ae9f528f196386052355b42a53d75>

> UPDATING: Change update procedure to use etcupdate(8) over mergemaster(8)

Maybe time to close this bug; fixed.

See also: bug 206866, bug 260253
Comment 3 tech-lists 2021-12-30 16:44:43 UTC 
(In reply to Graham Perrin from comment #2)

It's not fixed in the context it was reported under (stable/13)

[...]
        To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
        -----------------------------------------------------------
        # Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
        # is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.

        <make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
        make buildworld
        make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
        make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
                                                        [1]
        <reboot in single user>                         [3]
        mergemaster -Fp                                 [5]
        make installworld
        mergemaster -Fi                                 [4]
        make delete-old                                 [6]
        <reboot>

[...]

this is from stable/13 sources fetched 5 mins ago (1636 UTC+0 30th Dec 2021)

it *is* fixed in -current but it needs to be MFC'd
Comment 4 Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2021-12-31 19:03:43 UTC 
(In reply to tech-lists from comment #3)

My bad. Apologies.