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authorAlexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>2026-06-21 17:54:12 +0000
committerAlexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>2026-06-21 17:54:17 +0000
commit704db3fe9840ee3e51b080b7c35defd1a74c0c2d (patch)
tree5af4dd1b7a8bc4cced75537621b5c0f7c4b6d427
parent015b890e28b87f182212230de35c9b061ff71258 (diff)
Source upgrade doc: etcupdate no longer needs -B
Note: We confusingly have the instructions to build the system in the build manual, the UPDATING file, and the Makefile. These will get out of sync and will be harmful when they do. Fixes: ddf6fad0295a ("etcupdate: Make nobuild the default") Reviewed by: jhb Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D57644
-rw-r--r--Makefile2
-rw-r--r--UPDATING4
-rw-r--r--share/man/man7/build.74
3 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 00c454b38147..25bdc4922e90 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
# 5. `reboot' (in single user mode: boot -s from the loader prompt).
# 6. `etcupdate -p'
# 7. `make installworld'
-# 8. `etcupdate -B'
+# 8. `etcupdate'
# 9. `make delete-old'
# 10. `reboot'
# 11. `make delete-old-libs' (in case no 3rd party program uses them anymore)
diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index f164208e9553..e9ed0d97727a 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -2571,7 +2571,7 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
<reboot in single user> [3]
etcupdate -p [5]
make installworld
- etcupdate -B [4]
+ etcupdate [4]
make delete-old [6]
<reboot>
@@ -2609,7 +2609,7 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
<reboot in single user> [3]
etcupdate -p [5]
make installworld
- etcupdate -B [4]
+ etcupdate [4]
make delete-old [6]
<reboot>
diff --git a/share/man/man7/build.7 b/share/man/man7/build.7
index 23980875eaaa..9db04f12c15a 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/build.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/build.7
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd May 20, 2026
+.Dd June 18, 2026
.Dt BUILD 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ After verifying that you do not need them, delete old files:
cd /usr/src
etcupdate -p
make installworld
-etcupdate -B
+etcupdate
make delete-old
shutdown -r now
.Ed