REPLICANT.SCENARIO_UNEXPECTED following FreeBSD 12.0 Upgrade

[GitHubinat0r]

Following the upgrade to FreeBSD 12.0, I get the below error. I am not using jails.

If you need any further output, please let me know.

# synth install net/mosh
Builder mounts detected; attempting to remove them automatically ...
Dismounting successful!
Regenerating flavor index: this may take a while ...

raised REPLICANT.SCENARIO_UNEXPECTED : /usr/sbin/mtree -p /usr/obj/synth-live/SL09/var -f /etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist -deqU => failed (exit code not 0)

[jrmarino]

run this command after that happens:

/usr/sbin/mtree -p /usr/obj/synth-live/SL09/var -f /etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist -deqU

What's the error?

[jrmarino]

note: nobody else has reported a problem with FreeBSD 12.0 which would lead one to suspect it's a problem unique to your system.

You also didn't mention any non-standard set you may have ([profile]-make.conf, changes to configuration, etc).

[GitHubinat0r]

# /usr/sbin/mtree -p /usr/obj/synth-live/SL09/var -f /etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist -deqU
mtree: unknown user `ntpd'
mtree: failed at line 49 of the specification

I used the upgrade command, the profile-make.conf is just a symlink to make.conf. There is also one other confirmed failure at: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/synth-introducing-new-custom-package-repository-builder-for-freebsd-and-dragonfly.54690/page-46

But I would agree, it could very well just be my machine (or a very small subset of machines).

[GitHubinat0r]

Also, I uninstalled all the ports and reinstalled them following the upgrade. (In case that helps rule out anything.)

[GitHubinat0r]

Not sure if this is directly relevant, but the 12.0 release notes:

The ntpd(8) utility has been updated to allow being run as a non-root user.

https://www.freebsd.org/releases/12.0R/relnotes.html

[jrmarino]

it may be that ntpd needs to be added add to the default users. Unfortunately I'm hitting the road right now and will be out of pocket all weekend.

You can probably modify /etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist to remove reference to ntpd to get around it for now.

[GitHubinat0r]

I'll try to tinker around with it and let you know what works. Thanks for the suggestions!

[GitHubinat0r]

Commenting out the ntp line in /etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist allowed me continue with the port install. I'll post back if it failed along the way.

During the upgrade I think I recall the ntpd user being removed, but the group still exists in /etc/group. Again, I think it's related to the changes to how ntpd is run in FreeBSD 12.0 and I'm one of the few crazy enough to upgrade a system a few days after release.

[zamzamdesu]

Happened to me too and I have a standard installed. It looks that the synch of the passwd files was not correct as uid 123 was not being recognized as ntpd users.
Worked after running: /usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd

[josch09]

Happened to me too - with a more or less non standard installation.
The execution of pwd_mkdb fxed the issue !

[GitHubinat0r]

Running the pwd_mkdb command above fixed it. Thanks!

[utrenkner]

Same here! Works after following @zamzamdesu 's suggestion!

[mfoacs]

Same here, thanks!