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Date:      Mon, 11 Dec 2023 00:18:42 -0400
From:      Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com>
To:        FreeBSD Questions List <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: freebsd-update
Message-ID:  <CAFuo_fzRbxsCYNHSrUNCZBXFTyqNWX2gsBy7uM1mpVbNpgfBDw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Dec 10, 2023, 10:41 PM Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote:

> I have upgraded using freebsd-update a number of time on one system.
> There are two files I would like to retrieve from the previous
> incarnation.  I don't want to revert them, just put them somewhere where I
> can retrieve their contents.  Is this possible?  /var/db/freebsd-update is
> intact from several years and updates ago.
>
> -- Doug
>


Like what kind of files? freebsd-update should not mess with user files.

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class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 10, 2023, 10:41 PM Doug Hardie &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:bc979@lafn.org">bc979@lafn.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquo=
te class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc so=
lid;padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"line-break:after-white-space">I have up=
graded using freebsd-update a number of time on one system.=C2=A0 There are=
 two files I would like to retrieve from the previous incarnation.=C2=A0 I =
don&#39;t want to revert them, just put them somewhere where I can retrieve=
 their contents.=C2=A0 Is this possible? =C2=A0/var/db/freebsd-update is in=
tact from several years and updates ago.<div><br><div>
<div>-- Doug</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir=3D"au=
to"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Like what kind =
of files? freebsd-update should not mess with user files.=C2=A0</div><div d=
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