From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Aug 30 16:05:26 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3F469C62F3 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 16:05:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 59322BF4 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 16:05:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from kabini1.local (dynamic-216-186-222-143.knology.net [216.186.222.143] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id t7UG5NjU010488 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 11:05:24 -0500 Subject: Re: /etc files References: <55E32375.9060804@hiwaay.net> <55E32540.5090709@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! From: "William A. Mahaffey III" Message-ID: <55E329C3.2000809@hiwaay.net> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 11:10:53 -0453.75 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 16:05:26 -0000 On 08/30/15 11:02, doug@safeport.com wrote: > > > On Sun, 30 Aug 2015, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > >> On 08/30/15 10:49, doug wrote: >>> On Sun, 30 Aug 2015, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >>> >>>> I notice several files in my /etc directory whose filenames end in >>>> ':'. Are these system files ? If not, can I usefully delete them >>>> :-) ? TIA & have aq nice weekend. >>>> >>> >>> Compare /etc to /usr/src/etc >>> >> >> >> No such directory on my box, I am guessing my virtually exclusive use >> of pkgng to maintain packages might be to blame. Other ideas ? TIA & >> have a good one. >> > Modify freebsd-update to include src. Change components statement to be > Components src world kernel Hmmmm .... OK, I'll try that. Right now I just do a 'freebsd-update fetch install', or 'freebsd-update fetch; freebsd-update install', & I notice the Components line in freebsd-update.conf, so I (guess I) am off to the races. Thanks. -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.