Re: "etcupdate extract" -- Failed to build new tree.
- In reply to: Thomas Schweikle : "Re: "etcupdate extract" -- Failed to build new tree."
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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 -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@FreeBSD.org