Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2021 12:42:10 +0100 From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?etcupdate_-p=3a_No_previous_tree_to_compare_against=2c_a_?= =?UTF-8?Q?sane_comparison_is_not_possible=2e_=28was=3a_Review_D28062_?= =?UTF-8?B?4oCmKQ==?= Message-ID: <a2e99bc6-51dd-c3c8-6eeb-21578f3cb988@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <33a2e031-1e21-00f5-51ad-fb0b9763592f@FreeBSD.org> References: <705578b0-9d8e-3ad2-77c2-96a20ad3a16e@gmail.com> <33a2e031-1e21-00f5-51ad-fb0b9763592f@FreeBSD.org>
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On 21/04/2021 18:19, John Baldwin wrote: > On 4/17/21 12:52 PM, Graham Perrin wrote: >> 2) >> >> <https://reviews.freebsd.org/D28062#change-5KzY5tEtVUor>; line 2274 >> >> etcupdate -p >> >> I get: >> >> > No previous tree to compare against, a sane comparison is not >> possible. > > Hmm, how did you initially install this machine? Release images should > generally include a pre-populated /var/db/etcupdate so that etcupdate > works. If you don't have one of those, you will have to perform an > initial bootstrap of etcupdate (only once) by running 'etcupdate > extract'. > If you do this before you update /usr/src then 'etcupdate' will later > work fine. If you are doing this after you have already updated > /usr/src, you will need to run 'etcupdate diff' after 'etcupdate extract' > and fix any unexpected local differences in the generated patch, e.g. > by copying files from /var/db/etcupdate/current/etc to /etc. Once > you have done this, 'etcupdate' will work fine on the next upgrade. > > However, I'm curious how you didn't get the etcupdate bootstrap when > you initially installed. Sorry for not replying sooner. It's not an answer to your question, but might the thread at <https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2021-April/079538.html>; be relevant?
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