Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 21:09:28 -0800 From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> To: list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd-update "No changes have been downloaded" "files have been modified locally" Message-ID: <0556eb13-5b41-4670-ad48-827867a2b3c9@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <a71d3762-0314-439c-2a40-49b8bacbd505@bluerosetech.com> References: <e10d34b7-3583-403b-be10-85054ac3469c@dreamchaser.org> <a71d3762-0314-439c-2a40-49b8bacbd505@bluerosetech.com>
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On 8/19/24 15:48, list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com wrote: > On 2024-08-19 13:50, Gary Aitken wrote: >> freebsd-update fetch ... The following files are affected by >> updates. No changes have been downloaded, however, because the >> files have been modified locally: /etc/ssh/sshd_config > For Cold War legacy[1] reasons[2], the in-tree copy of sshd_config > lives at: > > src/crypto/openssh/sshd_config ... > /var/db/etcupdate/current contains the most recent reference tree > extracted from /usr/src by etcupdate(8). etcupdate uses it to update > /etc and a few other bits as part of a source upgrade. > > It isn't used by freebsd-update, so won't necessarily be correct for > the installed OS. Thanks, forgot about all that. Why doesn't "freebsd-update" attempt to merge the existing shd_config file with the RELEASE one like it does for other files, and give me an editor to resolve differences? Is that because it lives in a non-standard place? Thanks, Gary Gary
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