[Bug 270852] Extra characters in config files after upgrade with freebsd-update(8)
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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 14:53:50 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=270852
Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@freebsd.org> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Component|standards |bin
URL| |https://docs.freebsd.org/en
| |/books/handbook/book/#updat
| |ing-upgrading-freebsdupdate
CC| |doc@FreeBSD.org
Status|New |Open
Summary|Extra characters in config |Extra characters in config
|files after upgrade |files after upgrade with
| |freebsd-update(8)
Severity|Affects Many People |Affects Some People
Assignee|standards@FreeBSD.org |bugs@FreeBSD.org
Keywords| |needs-qa
See Also| |https://reviews.freebsd.org
| |/D36786,
| |https://bugs.freebsd.org/bu
| |gzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2703
| |38
--- Comment #1 from Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@freebsd.org> ---
If a person has the expertise to intentionally remove a user that's normally a
part of FreeBSD, I should expect the person to be prepared for reintroduction
of the user as part of a normal freebsd-update routine.
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=freebsd-update&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-release>
Re: remnants following use of freebsd-update, I'm surprised that the FreeBSD
Handbook does not describe what to do – during an update – when the user is
presented with things such as this:
<<<<<<< current version
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