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Date:      Tue, 4 Jan 2022 21:16:29 +0000
From:      tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: size of /var/db/freebsd-update
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On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 07:09:08PM +0000, Graham Perrin wrote:

>Alternatively, I recently received advice to remove the contents of the
>directory to *fix* freebsd-update:
>
><https://forums.freebsd.org/posts/549166>;

;)

thing is though, why is it there if there's no use for it? i'd have=20
thought it would tidy up after itself when done[1], or there'd be a=20
switch you could give to the freebsd-update command that'd say like=20
'the update completed ok so tidy up these files' after you've=20
manually checked everything was working ok after the upgrade & reboot

[1] maybe not by default so an update could be rolled back
--=20
J.

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