[Bug 232921] freebsd-update upgrade does not execute pwd_mkdb for ntpd

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--- Comment #4 from Nino <nino80 at gmail.com> ---
Google first led me to the same bug reported in bug #234014 - providing a back
reference to make it easier to resolve both at the same time.

This is still an issue in 12.0-RELEASE when upgrading an 11.x system with
freebsd-update. The proposed solution (pwd_mkdb) resolved the issue for me. 

I wanted to add a few odd coincidences caused by this bug, maybe it helps
someone.

I use openntpd instead of the system ntpd and I have _ntp user on my system.
The above bug manifested when I tried to setup synth (ports-mgmt/synth) with
the following mtree error:

raised REPLICANT.SCENARIO_UNEXPECTED : /usr/sbin/mtree -p
/usr/obj/synth-live/SL09/var -f /etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist -deqU

mtree file requires /var/db/ntp to have the following ownership:

ntp             uname=ntpd gname=ntpd

However, my system had _ntp:ntpd owning /var/db/ntp. I don't know if this is an
earlier change (though openntpd doesn't seem to be using /var/db/ntp),
something done during the upgrade (maybe due to finding _ntp user and using
that user instead of ntpd) or the default permissions for the directory created
by the upgrade. 

Issuing an errata since this is present in -RELEASE and freebsd-update is a
supported upgrade option seems like a good idea.

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