Monday, September 28, 2020

Re: sysupgrade with latest snapshot: The directory '/home/_sysupgrade/' does not exist.

On Sep 28 14:16, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2020-09-28, Greg Thomas <get.misc.openbsd@gmail.com> wrote:
> > "Have sysupgrade just do the right thing. For example, there could be
> > a _sysupgrade user in the systems /etc/passwd, whose $HOME would
> > indicate the preferred location for sets"
> >
> > Holy fucking overkill.
>
> meh. It *is* a problem on some systems, especially if the disk layout
> was done pre-sysupgrade.

Following the "Automatic Disk Allocation" in disklabel(8) has saved me
from complications when it comes time for each new version of OpenBSD.

Prior to each new release, I determine if I am changing my layout by
monitoring the following file:

https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/sbin/disklabel/editor.c

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