Re: freebsd-update

From: Carl Johnson <carlj_at_peak.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:52:49 UTC 
Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> writes:

>> On Dec 11, 2023, at 01:24, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:
>> 
>> On Sun, 10 Dec 2023 18:41:11 -0800, Doug Hardie wrote:
>>> I have upgraded using freebsd-update a number of time on one system.
>>> There are two files I would like to retrieve from the previous
>>> incarnation.  I don't want to revert them, just put them somewhere
>>> where I can retrieve their contents.  Is this possible? 
>>> /var/db/freebsd-update is intact from several years and updates ago.
>> 
>> There should be a backup of every file freebsd-update has modified.
>> It is located in /var/tmp, if I remember correctly.
>> 
>> What files in particular are you searching for?
>
> I didn't find anything in /var/tmp except for the vi recovery files.  Looking for sshd_config and ssh_config.
>
> -- Doug

It is in /var/db/freebsd-update, not /var/tmp.

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Carl Johnson		carlj@peak.org