Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:11:33 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: =?UTF-8?B?W0J1ZyAyOTIwNjldIEN1c3RvbSAvZXRjL2Nyb250YWIgaXMgb3Zl?= =?UTF-8?B?cndyaXR0ZW4g4oCTIG5vIGNyb250YWIucGtnc2F2ZSDigJMgd2l0aCBhIHBr?= =?UTF-8?B?Z2Jhc2UgbWFqb3IgdXBncmFkZQ==?= Message-ID: <bug-292069-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=292069 Bug ID: 292069 Summary: Custom /etc/crontab is overwritten – no crontab.pkgsave – with a pkgbase major upgrade Product: Base System Version: 14.3-RELEASE Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: conf Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: grahamperrin@gmail.com Credit to /u/celestrion in Reddit for observing this bug. The relevant post is currently pinned (a community highlight) in /r/freebsd. An example, post-upgrade: root@pkg:~ # bectl list -c creation BE Active Mountpoint Space Created test - - 2.77G 2025-03-20 23:33 fifteen NR / 13.5G 2025-12-31 12:40 root@pkg:~ # bectl mount test /tmp/hmm /tmp/hmm root@pkg:~ # ls -hln /etc/cron* -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 646B Nov 28 00:00 /etc/crontab /etc/cron.d: total 4.5 KB -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 128B Nov 28 00:00 at root@pkg:~ # diff /tmp/hmm/etc/crontab /etc/crontab 1c1 < # /etc/crontab - root's crontab for FreeBSD --- > # /etc/crontab - system crontab for FreeBSD 13c13 < # 0 * * * * root newsyslog --- > 0 * * * * root newsyslog ---- pkgbasify (conversion without a major upgrade) is not bugged. It merges, and sets aside /etc/crontab.pkgsave -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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