(232921) Some types of package installation fail after upgrading from 12.1-RELEASE

[Graham Perrin]

On 17/02/2021 09:34, Graham Perrin wrote:
> Multiple test results here suggest that a clean installation of 
> 12.1-RELEASE on AMD64, followed by an upgrade to 12.2-RELEASE-p3, will 
> fail to install databases/mysql57-server. More specifically:
>
> /var/log/userlog will be without [root:useradd] lines for cyrus(60) 
> and mysql(88).
>
…

Found:

FreeBSD bug 232921 – freebsd-update upgrade does not execute pwd_mkdb 
for ntpd
<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=232921>

– with reference to:

freebsd-update: unconditionally regenerate passwd/login.conf files
<https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=ebebc41e4cfe44b8e8fd881badf2fa2c4be65aa4>

 > … When doing a major upgrade, e.g. from 12.1-RELEASE -> 12.2-RELEASE, …

 > … pkg subsequently failed to install a package that wanted to add a 
user,
 > claiming that the user was removed in the process. …