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

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This commit aligns the steps in UPDATING with the steps from the
handbook which already prefers etcupdate(8). While here also remove a
dubious comment.

PR:			252417
Reviewed by:		ceri
Approved by:		philip (mentor), imp
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D28062
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Dries Michiels 2021-02-07 20:25:31 +01:00
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@ -2463,9 +2463,9 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
[1]
<reboot in single user> [3]
mergemaster -Fp [5]
etcupdate -p [5]
make installworld
mergemaster -Fi [4]
etcupdate -B [4]
make delete-old [6]
<reboot>
@ -2501,9 +2501,9 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
[1]
<reboot in single user> [3]
mergemaster -Fp [5]
etcupdate -p [5]
make installworld
mergemaster -Fi [4]
etcupdate -B [4]
make delete-old [6]
<reboot>
@ -2545,15 +2545,11 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
system. Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
for potential gotchas. The -U option is also useful to consider.
See mergemaster(8) for more information.
for potential gotchas. See etcupdate(8) for more information.
[5] Usually this step is a no-op. However, from time to time
you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
step. It never hurts to do it all the time. You may need to
install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
from current before 20130425 or from -stable before 20130430.
step.
[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make