Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:39:04 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@FreeBSD.org> To: Thomas Schweikle <tschweikle@gmail.com> Cc: Marek Zarychta <zarychtam@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "etcupdate extract" -- Failed to build new tree. Message-ID: <867bw6vuon.fsf@ltc.des.dev> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BrGx5cUAo-93t1fTDhEeLxqrJ4ewb%2BriLfodOEhKAwNM6koig@mail.gmail.com> (Thomas Schweikle's message of "Mon, 3 Nov 2025 23:43:51 %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> <31a80d2d-65b3-4604-ac5f-1440d23fb85a@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl> <CA%2BrGx5cUAo-93t1fTDhEeLxqrJ4ewb%2BriLfodOEhKAwNM6koig@mail.gmail.com>
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Thomas Schweikle <tschweikle@gmail.com> writes: > It is broken. It only works if you unpack installation from CD, DVD or > file. In all other cases it breaks. etcupdate has a "henn and egg" > problem. If you build from sources it wont work. Regardless at which > position you'll try to "etcupdate extract". It only works if you > unpacked "/etc" from CD, DVD, or file. If it was cloned by "git > clone https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src.git /usr/src" followed by > "git checkout" or not it will break. It will even break if you first > build world and or not kernel. It goes haywire if you just wipe > sources, and start from scratch. None of this is true, and it's bordering on harrassment. I don't know why it's not working in your case and I don't care enough to spend several days debugging it remotely over email, but it works fine for other people and I've given you a workaround, so kindly knock it off. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@FreeBSD.orghome | help
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