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To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: freebsd-update.conf IgnorePaths linker.hints not working
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On 26/05/14 10:47, Glen Barber wrote:
> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 10:40:02AM +0800, Gregory Orange wrote:
>> I've got freebsd-update cron running every night, and each time get the
>> following (regardless of whether I then run freebsd-update install):
>> ----
>> The following files will be updated as part of updating to 8.4-RELEASE-p10:
>> /boot/kernel/linker.hints
>
> Seems related to PR 186273
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/186273

Okay thanks, I didn't come across that in my searching. What do you 
suggest next? Would removing the file completely stop kernel modules 
from loading, or some other unwanted behaviour?

Cheers,
Greg.