freebsd-update: cannot open patchlist

[Rainer Duffner]

> Am 27.05.2018 um 16:28 schrieb Randy Bush <randy at psg.com>:
> 
> indeed, that fixes it.  thank you.


;-)
BTDTGTT

This is (or was) especially a problem with ezjail’s use of freebsd-update.

Most of the time, freebsd-update works - but when it gets confused, the quickest solution is often to start from scratch.

Which is a real pain if you need to download through a proxy that doesn’t do http-pipelining (like the Sophos UTM née Astaro devices).

IIRC, there’s still no way to disable that behavior.