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Date:      Tue, 2 Sep 2025 10:42:50 -0700
From:      David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: etcupdate whines "Failed to build new tree."
Message-ID:  <aLcsmgNjGPlXSKUH@albert.catwhisker.org>
In-Reply-To: <aLcF2a3pyZj7auUZ@amaryllis.le-fay.org>
References:  <aLb2WgmIBWzUezpJ@albert.catwhisker.org> <aLcF2a3pyZj7auUZ@amaryllis.le-fay.org>

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On Tue, Sep 02, 2025 at 03:57:29PM +0100, Lexi Winter wrote:
> hi David,
> 
> David Wolfskill:
> > install -N /usr/src/etc -l mr -o root -g wheel -m 644 ,config /var/db/s4/etcupdate/etcupdate-ZO4ftQW/root/.profile /var/db/s4/etcupdate/etcupdate-ZO4ftQW/.profile
> > install: target directory `/var/db/s4/etcupdate/etcupdate-ZO4ftQW/.profile' does not exist
> 
> this should be fixed by b197d2abcb68, could you please update and try
> again?

Finally(!) had a chance to test; the change fixes the problem:
before/after:

freebeast(15.0-P)[4] sudo -E etcupdate -n -B
Password:
Failed to build new tree.
freebeast(15.0-P)[5] sudo -E etcupdate -n -B
freebeast(15.0-P)[6]

> sorry about that. 

No worries; thanks for the quick fix!

Peace,
david
-- 
David H. Wolfskill                              david@catwhisker.org
Of course firing the statistician will force the statistics to conform!

See https://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key.

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