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Date:      Sun, 6 Sep 1998 13:28:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:      nodog@mail.utexas.edu
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   ports/7844: rm -f /var/run in /etc/rc causes error in boot with sudo
Message-ID:  <199809062028.NAA22176@hub.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         7844
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       rm -f /var/run in /etc/rc causes error in boot with sudo
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Sep  6 13:30:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Anderson Mills
>Organization:
University of Texas
>Release:        2.2.7
>Environment:
FreeBSD pimento.dognet 2.2.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE #0: Sun Sep  6 13:59:40 CDT 1998     nodog@pimento.dognet:/usr/src/sys/compile/PIMENTO  i386

>Description:
An error message appears during boot saying
rm: /var/run/sudo is a directory
because the line
rm -f /var/run/*
is executed by /etc/rc once sudo is installed.
>How-To-Repeat:
Just boot up.
>Fix:
Change rm -f /var/run/*
to
rm -rf /var/run/*
???
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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