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From: Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com>
To: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: etcupdate failed to build new tree
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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