On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 12:16:00PM -0400, RD Thrush wrote:
> For many years, I have reliably used read-only partitions for /usr and
> /usr/local. -current sysmerge breaks that assumption.
I don't think we ever officially supported a RO /usr...
> i7v64:OpenBSD/sysmerge 980>CMD="env PAGER=cat sysmerge -b -s ${ETC_TGZ} -x
> ${XETC_TGZ}"
> i7v64:OpenBSD/sysmerge 981>sudo $CMD
> ===> Fetching file:///nas2/public/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/etc56.tgz
> ===> Fetching file:///nas2/public/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/SHA256.sig
> ===> Verifying etc56.tgz against /etc/signify/openbsd-56-base.pub
> ===> Fetching file:///nas2/public/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/xetc56.tgz
> ===> Verifying xetc56.tgz against /etc/signify/openbsd-56-base.pub
> ===> Populating temporary root under /var/tmp/sysmerge.GhoorXuSHR/temproot
> mv: rename /var/tmp/sysmerge.GhoorXuSHR/etcsum to
> //usr/share/sysmerge/etcsum: Read-only file system
> mv: rename /var/tmp/sysmerge.GhoorXuSHR/xetcsum to
> //usr/share/sysmerge/xetcsum: Read-only file system
> ===> Starting comparison
> ===> ./etc/changelist will remain for your consideration
> ===> ./etc/rc.conf will remain for your consideration
> ===> ./etc/ssh/sshd_config will remain for your consideration
> ===> ./etc/systrace/usr_sbin_lpd will remain for your consideration
> ===> ./etc/systrace/usr_sbin_named will remain for your consideration
> ===> ./etc/ttys will remain for your consideration
> ===> ./etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config will remain for your consideration
> ===> ./etc/mail/aliases will remain for your consideration
> sha256: ///usr/share/sysmerge/examplessum: Read-only file system
> **** ERROR: failed to create examplessum checksum file
>
>
> Here's a fix for current and the FAQ:
> retrieving revision 1.526
> diff -u -p -u -p -r1.526 current.html
> --- current.html 14 Jul 2014 05:48:51 -0000 1.526
> +++ current.html 18 Jul 2014 16:14:07 -0000
> @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
> <li><a href="#20140710">2014/07/10 - ifconfig(8) ABI break</a>
> <li><a href="#20140711">2014/07/11 - IPv6 autoconf changes</a>
> <li><a href="#20140713">2014/07/13 - Addition of sendsyslog(2) system
> call</a>
> +<li><a href="#20140716">2014/07/16 - sysmerge requires writeable /usr
> partition</a>
>
> </ul>
>
> @@ -628,6 +629,11 @@ sendsyslog(2) system call introduced aro
> <p>
> A kernel containing the system call is required perhaps even for getting
> single user; so use of upgrades is recommended.
> +
> +<a name="20140716"></a>
> +<h3>2014/07/16 - sysmerge requires writeable /usr partition</h3>
> +The /usr filesystem must be writeable. A read-only partition will
> +result in failures reported by sysmerge.
>
> <hr>
> <br>
>
>
> Index: faq4.html
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /pub2/cvsroot/OpenBSD/www/faq/faq4.html,v
> retrieving revision 1.339
> diff -u -p -u -p -r1.339 faq4.html
> --- faq4.html 15 Jul 2014 00:24:32 -0000 1.339
> +++ faq4.html 18 Jul 2014 15:58:50 -0000
> @@ -2331,9 +2331,7 @@ Some of the things that end up here (and
> This is where most of OpenBSD resides.
> Program binaries, libraries, documentation, manual pages, etc. are all
> located in the <tt>/usr</tt> directory.
> -The files in this mount point are relatively unchanging -- in many
> -cases, you could easily mount the <tt>/usr</tt> partition read-only with
> -no other system changes until your next upgrade or update.
> +The files in this mount point are relatively unchanging.
>
> <li><b>/usr/X11R6:</b>
> This is where the X Window system resides.
>
--
Antoine
