[Bug 270852] Extra characters in config files after upgrade with freebsd-update(8)

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=270852

Graham Perrin <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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          Component|standards                   |bin
                URL|                            |https://docs.freebsd.org/en
                   |                            |/books/handbook/book/#updat
                   |                            |ing-upgrading-freebsdupdate
                 CC|                            |[email protected]
             Status|New                         |Open
            Summary|Extra characters in config  |Extra characters in config
                   |files after upgrade         |files after upgrade with
                   |                            |freebsd-update(8)
           Severity|Affects Many People         |Affects Some People
           Assignee|[email protected]       |[email protected]
           Keywords|                            |needs-qa
           See Also|                            |https://reviews.freebsd.org
                   |                            |/D36786,
                   |                            |https://bugs.freebsd.org/bu
                   |                            |gzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2703
                   |                            |38

--- Comment #1 from Graham Perrin <[email protected]> ---
If a person has the expertise to intentionally remove a user that's normally a
part of FreeBSD, I should expect the person to be prepared for reintroduction
of the user as part of a normal freebsd-update routine. 

<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=freebsd-update&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-release>

Re: remnants following use of freebsd-update, I'm surprised that the FreeBSD
Handbook does not describe what to do – during an update – when the user is
presented with things such as this: 

<<<<<<< current version

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