Re: git: ddf6fad0295a - main - etcupdate: Make nobuild the default

From: John Baldwin <jhb_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:03:43 UTC 
On 6/8/26 11:09, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@freebsd.org> writes:
>> Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@freebsd.org> writes:
>>> commit ddf6fad0295aa92af5eed2a4b2fa0bd02f47d94d
>>> Author:     Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>
>>> AuthorDate: 2026-06-05 15:53:25 +0000
>>> Commit:     Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>
>>> CommitDate: 2026-06-05 15:53:25 +0000
>>>
>>>     etcupdate: Make nobuild the default
>>>
>>>     The common case for etcupdate is to run it after building and installing
>>>     the world, in which case we already have an object directory to draw on.
>>>     Add a -b option to turn nobuild off (opposite of -B), and turn nobuild
>>>     on by default.
>>>
>>>     MFC after:      1 week
>> Changing the default here seems like it might not be appropriate for MFC?
> 
> On the contrary, the reason I'm switching is that the current default is
> harmful.

Harmful or slow?  Certainly it is slower, but AFAIK you still get an updated
/etc.  Maybe the generated sendmail.mc files are slightly different from the
ones you would otherwise get, but those changes are cosmetic (comments only).

-- 
John Baldwin