Solved [Solved] freebsd-update - how to update touched files?

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Peacekeeper2000

I receive the following partial message after freebsd-update fetch:
Code: 
The following files are affected by updates, but no changes have
been downloaded because the files have been modified locally:
/etc/defaults/rc.conf
/var/db/mergemaster.mtree

:q Is there any way to tell freebsd-update to also update/overwrite these files? If not with freebsd-update, how can I get the original ones?
 
Re: Newbee : freebsd-update - how to update touched files ?

The error about /var/db/mergemaster.mtree can be ignored, I get them too. As for /etc/defaults/rc.conf try moving the file somewhere safe and run freebsd-update fetch install again. Hopefully it will restore the file when it's not there.
 
Re: Newbee : freebsd-update - how to update touched files ?

Thanks @SirDice , but has not worked. I just checked. Now freebsd-update() doesn't mention the file any longer, but a fetch install also doesn't restore it.
... but I found the file as /usr/src/etc/defaults/rc.conf . When I copied it under /etc/defaults, freebsd-update() has accepted it as "not touched". Now I need to see if it will be updated in the future.
But thanks for the reply, it brought me to the idea to look into src :) :beer
 
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