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From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org>
Subject: Re: freebsd-update and boot environments clash - rm /  attempted!
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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 17:10:06 +0100
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Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> writes:
> The following files will be removed as part of updating to 10.1-RELEASE-p=
2:
> /
>
> The following files will be updated as part of updating to 10.1-RELEASE-p=
2:
> [list snipped]
> Installing updates...rmdir: ///: Is a directory
>  done.
>
> Fortunately it didn't remove /, although I really don't understand
> that message.

Yes, we know.  We're not sure what causes it, but it is most likely
fallout from https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/195302.  The index
(/var/db/freebsd-update/instal.*/INDEX-NEW) lacks the entry for /.  It
is most likely a bug in freebsd-update, but we don't know whether it's
in the builder or the client.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no