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Date:      Mon, 11 Dec 2023 10:24:15 +0100
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: freebsd-update
Message-ID:  <20231211102415.25366753.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <6D99F68F-1B96-4DDC-AFDF-A245EFBE8F7A@sermon-archive.info>
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On Sun, 10 Dec 2023 18:41:11 -0800, Doug Hardie 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.

There should be a backup of every file freebsd-update has modified.
It is located in /var/tmp, if I remember correctly.

What files in particular are you searching for?



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Polytropon
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