Re: freebsd-update errors 13.3-p11 => 13.4-p2

From: Dave Cottlehuber <dch_at_skunkwerks.at>
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 20:20:34 UTC 
On Tue, 24 Dec 2024, at 16:58, Ronald Klop wrote:
> I had this a while ago. Copied the missing file from another system. 
> Didn’t find the root cause. 
>
> Freebsd-update could be improved on resilience for inconsistent systems 
> I assume.
>
> Regards,
> Ronald.
>
> *Van:* void <void@f-m.fm>
> *Datum:* 24 december 2024 01:41
> *Aan:* freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
> *Onderwerp:* freebsd-update errors 13.3-p11 => 13.4-p2
>
>> Hello,
>> 
>> On upgrading 13.3-p11 to 13.4-p2 (amd64) the following is displayed after the kernel parts finish installing, before the first reboot:
>> 
>> # /usr/sbin/freebsd-update install
>> src component not installed, skipped
>> Installing updates...ln: ///usr/share/man/man3/atf-sh-api.3.gz: No such file or directory
>> ln: ///usr/share/man/man3/atf-sh-api.3.gz: No such file or directory

I have see this on very small (0,5-1GiB RAM) systems with low cpu. the system
log may show processes being killed off, if these are ones doing gzip or sha256
or similar, could that explain it? I've never had this issue on bigger systems.

A+
Dave