Re: /etc/os-release isn't created

From: Yasuhiro KIMURA <yasu_at_utahime.org>
Subject: Re: /etc/os-release isn't created
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 08:13:19 +0900 (JST)

> I recieved report by private mail that /etc/os-release is created only
> when 'make distribution' is executed. And I found that's exactly what
> is written in /usr/src/etc/Makefile.
> 
> yasu_at_rolling-vm-freebsd1[2103]% grep '\$FreeBSD' /usr/src/etc/Makefile
> # $FreeBSD: head/etc/Makefile 354922 2019-11-20 23:45:31Z imp $
> yasu_at_rolling-vm-freebsd1[2104]% tail +50 /usr/src/etc/Makefile | head -n 12
> 
> distribution:
> .if !defined(DESTDIR)
> 	_at_echo "set DESTDIR before running \"make ${.TARGET}\""
> 	_at_false
> .endif
> 	${_+_}cd ${.CURDIR}/gss; ${MAKE} install
> 	${_+_}cd ${.CURDIR}/mtree; ${MAKE} install
> 	${_+_}cd ${SRCTOP}/share/termcap; ${MAKE} etc-termcap
> 	${_+_}cd ${SRCTOP}/usr.sbin/rmt; ${MAKE} etc-rmt
> 	${INSTALL_SYMLINK} ../var/run/os-release \
> 		${DESTDIR}/etc/os-release
> yasu_at_rolling-vm-freebsd1[2105]% 
> 
> But 'make distribution' isn't executed by normal upgrade steps. So
> it's a bug and should be fixed.

I submitted bug report about this problem to Bugzilla.

Bug 242212 /etc/os-release isn't created when you upgrade an existing 13-CURRENT host
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=242212

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Yasuhiro KIMURA