[Bug 289097] Base upgrades must not lose user customisations in dot files such as /root/.cshrc and /root/.profile

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Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:00:07 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=289097

--- Comment #4 from Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> ---
Thank you! 

I should have thought of /.cshrc (subscription to
<https://reviews.freebsd.org/D45382>, plus I manually removed /.cshrc.pkgsave
from one of my test VMs before making this report). 

/etc/csh.cshrc and 
/etc/profile   are already good, customisations do survive an upgrade.

/usr/share/skel/dot.cshrc   and 
/usr/share/skel/dot.profile lose customisation, I treat these as out of scope
because there's no etc/ context.

Re: comment 0 I have a question, which I'll not raise in Bugzilla or via email;
I might ping you in Mastodon.

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