From owner-freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Sat Feb 20 20:39:40 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95392AAFE80 for ; Sat, 20 Feb 2016 20:39:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::16:76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 85FA61799 for ; Sat, 20 Feb 2016 20:39:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from bugs.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.118]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u1KKdeGJ096037 for ; Sat, 20 Feb 2016 20:39:40 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 207377] [10.3-BETA2] freebsd-update relying on kern.bootfile copies around entire filesystem Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 20:39:40 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: bin X-Bugzilla-Version: 11.0-CURRENT X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Some People X-Bugzilla-Who: h2+fbsdports@fsfe.org X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: bug_id short_desc product version rep_platform op_sys bug_status bug_severity priority component assigned_to reporter Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 20:39:40 -0000 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D207377 Bug ID: 207377 Summary: [10.3-BETA2] freebsd-update relying on kern.bootfile copies around entire filesystem Product: Base System Version: 11.0-CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: h2+fbsdports@fsfe.org I am just updating to 10.3-BETA2 with freebsd-update and it starting copyin= g my entire filesystem into /boot/kernel.old/ After some debugging I found out that this is due to a mechanism where it detects the kernel dir from kern.bootfile. Since I have a slightly more sophisticated setup where I use grub, this variable ends up being /kernel =3D> freebsd-update assumes that / is the kerneldir and copies *everything*= into the backup dir as mentioned above. I think this is bad behaviour, a smart thing would be to check if the direc= tory pointed to by kern.bootfile actually contains a kernel file, and if not ask= the user to specify the directory or skip the backup process entirely. Most use= rs rely on snapshots nowadays so this step is not really crucial. And / should never be accepted as KERNELDIR IMHO. Thank you! --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=