Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
No. `UPDATING' mentions running `mergemaster -p' *AFTER* rebooting into
single user mode, not *BEFORE*.
Yes, sorry, I'm mixing things up.
Lately I've skipped that step with no adverse side-effects, saves me one
reboot :-)
You'll start booting into single user mode again, when you try to run
`make installworld' with an old kernel and have it blow up, leaving you
with a half installed base system and a lot of `interesting' work in
front of you. Or when you install everything without a reboot, replace
your old working userland and then find out that your new kernel is
unbootable and your new userland is unusable without a new kernel.
Booting into single user mode guarantees that you have verified at least
once that the new kernel works. There's a very good reason why this is
recommended :)
You're right, the time saved with one less reboot is not worth the risk
of salvaging a half-updated system.
Thanks for the clarification.
lars.
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