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Subject: Re: freebsd-update
From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>
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> On Dec 11, 2023, at 01:24, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:
>=20
> 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?=20
>> /var/db/freebsd-update is intact from several years and updates ago.
>=20
> There should be a backup of every file freebsd-update has modified.
> It is located in /var/tmp, if I remember correctly.
>=20
> What files in particular are you searching for?

I didn't find anything in /var/tmp except for the vi recovery files.  =
Looking for sshd_config and ssh_config.

-- Doug