Re: /etc/rc.d/certctl_init

[Brad Spencer <brad%anduin.eldar.org@localhost>]

Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky%gmail.com@localhost> writes:

> On Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:11:23 +0100
> Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 05:59:38PM +0000, Sad Clouds wrote:
>> > Is there a valid reason why it is set to not run on boot?
>> 
>> It is slow and only needed when you update something in your certs
>> or the cert config.
>> 
>> If you manually update you should at least run postinstall(8), which
>> will take care of it too.
>> 
>> Martin
>
> OK thanks. I suppose can run certctl_init manually on first boot. I'm
> not updating but performing initial install, e.g. create file systems
> and unpack NetBSD sets on x86 then boot microSD card on evbarm.
>
> Is there no way to run postinstall on the target without the bloat
> of NetBSD source tree?
>
> # postinstall check
> postinstall: /usr/src is not a directory


I run it only with the etc and xetc sets, it doesn't need all of
/usr/src.  You use the -s argument to postinstall to tell it where you
put those.



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