Re: bin/59574: running etcupdate -s $SRC generates cruft unter $SRC

["Valery Ushakov via gnats" <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

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From: Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: bin/59574: running etcupdate -s $SRC generates cruft unter $SRC
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2025 20:17:13 +0300

 I don't think srcdir mode has been used much or tested recently.  I'm
 not sure it makes sense to fix that, as it was supposed to be used
 along with make installworld (if i remember the target name right),
 and I'm not sure we still meaningfully support in-situ updates.
 
 You can/should use "build.sh ... distribution sets" and then
 
     etcupdate ... -s .../etc.tgz -s .../xetc.tgz
 
 -uwe