Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 08:52:49 -0800 From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update Message-ID: <86a5qgy93y.fsf@bay.localnet> In-Reply-To: <52B31BB7-A108-4716-AFB8-F03C76029440@sermon-archive.info> (Doug Hardie's message of "Mon, 11 Dec 2023 02:16:47 -0800") References: <6D99F68F-1B96-4DDC-AFDF-A245EFBE8F7A@sermon-archive.info> <20231211102415.25366753.freebsd@edvax.de> <52B31BB7-A108-4716-AFB8-F03C76029440@sermon-archive.info>
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Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> writes: >> On Dec 11, 2023, at 01:24, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: >> >> 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? > > I didn't find anything in /var/tmp except for the vi recovery files. Looking for sshd_config and ssh_config. > > -- Doug It is in /var/db/freebsd-update, not /var/tmp. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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