Re: etcupdate created empty files = system unbootable

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In reply to: Dave Cottlehuber: "Re: etcupdate created empty files = system unbootable"
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From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd_at_quip.cz>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 07:40:23 UTC

On 28/04/2023 08:30, Dave Cottlehuber wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2023, at 11:21, Miroslav Lachman wrote:

>> After this I updated bootcode with gpart and rebooted the machine but it
>> does not come up, cannot login via ssh. Accessing this remote machine
>> with remote mamagement / IPMI was a nightmare. It took me almost 5 hours
>> because of java etc. but it's a different story.
>>
>> The machine in question is all ZFS based.
> 
> Ouch. I don’t wish java remote console on anybody. I have heard a very small number of vaguely similar complaints but nothing concrete.
> 
> Do you still have the zfs snapshot this was upgraded from? It would be good to know if this issue is reproducible, and even better to work out what’s happening.
> 
> Please log a PR for this issue

yes, I have Boot Environment created before system upgrade (I always 
create BE before system or pkg upgrades) and there are automatic 
snapshot from cron.

Should I try to clone it and reproduce it again?

I will file a PR today.

Kind regards
Miroslav Lachman