PkgBase and files such as /etc/master.passwd (was: official packages)

In reply to: Guido Falsi : "Re: official packages"
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From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2023 05:20:20 UTC

On 30/10/2023 16:37, Guido Falsi wrote:
>> … convert a CURRENT system used to be upgraded from src to pkgbase?
>
> The procedure listed here has worked fine for me.
>
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase
>
> …

I was initially surprised by unrestricted (password-free) login as root, 
then I remembered:

<https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase#Fixing_missing_user>