Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:43:23 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@FreeBSD.org> To: Thomas Schweikle <tschweikle@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "etcupdate extract" -- Failed to build new tree. Message-ID: <86frb3ywec.fsf@ltc.des.dev> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BrGx5dZgdMkW7zWsrbwLast8t_BhBZt6CF75H8VjW_Lez7cYA@mail.gmail.com> (Thomas Schweikle's message of "Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:37:23 %2B0100") References: <CA%2BrGx5ekwmBNUJKoCOk1c-ts_Q_VXuRoQ4Krkuqey_c-KZbaXQ@mail.gmail.com> <86qzuo1ab1.fsf@ltc.des.dev> <CA%2BrGx5cF%2B-QTh95Jw1hs59Dsyk7TSAn%2BYBfWw_suNY98Q7i56w@mail.gmail.com> <868qgw14xj.fsf@ltc.des.dev> <CA%2BrGx5d3ZOXZM6yw4eyO-CbhjiCGu%2BZz1COmLiRDOOQEiOa1Qg@mail.gmail.com> <864irj1ett.fsf@ltc.des.dev> <CA%2BrGx5eKUx2KzfN=81pKrTkC6-3yhKiBn_2xgLqC5oADBuddSg@mail.gmail.com> <86jz0fyzjj.fsf@ltc.des.dev> <CA%2BrGx5dZgdMkW7zWsrbwLast8t_BhBZt6CF75H8VjW_Lez7cYA@mail.gmail.com>
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Thomas Schweikle <tschweikle@gmail.com> writes: > Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@freebsd.org> writes: > > What did you use prior to etcupdate? When was /etc last updated? > The last time mergemaster was available. Later on it was done > manually, since etcupdate did not work. > > My findings: etcupdate just does not work, because right after cloning > etc is not in a working state. etcupdate works just fine for everybody else. I suggest you download base.txz for the release that most closely matches what you had when you last updated /etc, and extract /var/db/etcupdate from it. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@FreeBSD.orghome | help
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