freebsd-update errors

[dave]

Can this be safely ignored?

# freebsd-update install
Installing updates...rmdir: ///usr/src/contrib/file/magic/Magdir/kerberos: Directory not empty

Errors of this type seem to be getting more frequent. Why is freebsd-update(8) attempting to make changes to /usr/src when I do not have source installed?

 

[tobik@]

Why is freebsd-update(8) attempting to make changes to /usr/src when I do not have source installed?

Because you haven't told it not to attempt this in /etc/freebsd-update.conf (see freebsd-update.conf(5)).

 

[dave]

So is it best to just remove src from the Components directive like so?

# Components of the base system which should be kept updated.
#Components src world kernel
Components world kernel

 

[tobik@]

Yes.

This has been patched for newer FreeBSD versions: https://reviews.freebsd.org/rS284425