Re: "etcupdate extract" -- Failed to build new tree.

From: Dag-Erling_Smørgrav <des_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:39:04 UTC
Thomas Schweikle <tschweikle@gmail.com> writes:
> It is broken. It only works if you unpack installation from CD, DVD or
> file. In all other cases it breaks. etcupdate has a "henn and egg"
> problem. If you build from sources it wont work. Regardless at which
> position you'll try to "etcupdate extract". It only works if you
> unpacked "/etc" from CD, DVD, or file. If it was cloned by "git
> clone https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src.git /usr/src" followed by
> "git checkout" or not it will break. It will even break if you first
> build world and or not kernel. It goes haywire if you just wipe
> sources, and start from scratch.

None of this is true, and it's bordering on harrassment.  I don't know
why it's not working in your case and I don't care enough to spend
several days debugging it remotely over email, but it works fine for
other people and I've given you a workaround, so kindly knock it off.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@FreeBSD.org