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Date:      Fri, 01 Jan 2021 15:20:29 -0800
From:      Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com>
To:        Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: etcupdate failed to build new tree
Message-ID:  <808d450f0d475b8bf9c46021d33105c6@bsdforge.com>
In-Reply-To: <c8ed98ef-8324-5a3a-b4ba-850c669b5080@gmail.com>
References:  <c8ed98ef-8324-5a3a-b4ba-850c669b5080@gmail.com>

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On 2021-01-01 11:01, Graham Perrin wrote:
> At what should have been the end of my first upgrade since the transition to 
> git:
> 
> cd /usr/src/freebsd-current && make installworld && etcupdate
> 
> 𠄴– concluded with a successful installworld, then a few lines about scanning 
> and
> skipping certificates, then:
> 
>> Failed to build new tree.
> 
> I see the manual page for etcupdate(8) but I'm not sure how to proceed.
> 
> ----
> 
> I did try `mergemaster -p` and somehow (!) ended up with an empty 
> `/etc/group`
> file. Dug myself out of that hole, I'll prefer to continue using etcupdate.
For years now I have always initiated a simple failsafe
# cp -Rp /etc /eetc
prior to (build|install) (world|kernel)
because you just never know. ;-)

Happy 20201!

--Chris



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