etcupdate failed to build new tree

[Herbert J. Skuhra]

On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 20:01:16 +0100, Graham Perrin wrote:
> 
> At what should have been the end of my first upgrade since the
> transition to git:
> 
> cd /usr/src/freebsd-current && make installworld && etcupdate
> 
> 𠄴– concluded with a successful installworld, then a few lines about
> scanning and skipping certificates, then:
> 
> > Failed to build new tree.
> 
> I see the manual page for etcupdate(8) but I'm not sure how to proceed.

-s source          Specify an alternate source tree to use when building
                   or extracting a “current” tree.  The default source
                   tree is /usr/src.
		   
> ----
> 
> I did try `mergemaster -p` and somehow (!) ended up with an empty
> `/etc/group` file. Dug myself out of that hole, I'll prefer to
> continue using etcupdate.

-m /path/to/sources
                 Specify the path to the directory where you want to do the
                 make(1).

--
Herbert