Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:02:51 -0800 From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: size of /var/db/freebsd-update Message-ID: <86tuejnoqc.fsf@bay.localnet> In-Reply-To: <YdS5LTOPNOrhT/gv@ceres.zyxst.net> (tech-lists@zyxst.net's message of "Tue, 4 Jan 2022 21:16:29 %2B0000") References: <YdNIjQQ08LYWU8TM@ceres.zyxst.net> <d5f45810-b384-f3c3-8f4d-7e280683d680@gmail.com> <YdS5LTOPNOrhT/gv@ceres.zyxst.net>
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tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> writes: > 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 > thought it would tidy up after itself when done[1], or there'd be a > switch you could give to the freebsd-update command that'd say like > 'the update completed ok so tidy up these files' after you've > manually checked everything was working ok after the upgrade & reboot > > [1] maybe not by default so an update could be rolled back I always clear that directory after I am sure that I won't want to roll back the upgrade (I never have). I usually leave the accessory files there: # ls -l /var/db/freebsd-update/ total 15 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 800 Aug 24 13:28 pub.ssl -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 50 Oct 12 10:52 serverlist -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 50 Oct 12 10:52 serverlist_full -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 25 Oct 12 10:52 serverlist_tried -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 150 Oct 12 10:52 tINDEX.present -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 112 Oct 12 10:52 tag I don't think those files are necessary and I think that I have also removed those without any problems. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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