Re: New ver NetBSD and the /etc files.

[Steve Rikli <sr%genyosha.net@localhost>]

On Sat, Mar 01, 2025 at 02:15:00PM +0000, Van Ly wrote:
> Benny Siegert <bsiegert%gmail.com@localhost> writes:
> 
> > With etcupdate. If you use sysupgrade, it will run etcupdate at the end.
> 
> Is there a way to tell the update to ignore the following files?
> 
>  — /etc/passwd
>  — /etc/group
> 
> I have in the file /etc/mtree/special.local:
> 
>  ./etc/group                     type=file mode=0644 ignore
>  ./etc/passwd                    type=file mode=0644 ignore
> 
> but the last update step prompts to inspect those files I want to leave
> unchanged.

I think you want /etc/etcupdate.conf or ~/.etcupdaterc . Have a look
at the man page for etcupdate(8) and the IGNOREFILES variable.

Note that if you configure etcupdate to ignore files during a system
update, you'll usually want to examine those files yourself to make
sure you aren't missing important features or settings.

Cheers,
sr.