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Date:      Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:55:16 +0100 (CET)
From:      Volker Stolz <stolz@i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        brian@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   ports/58717: net/arpwatch: Install sample startup-script instead of live one
Message-ID:  <200310300955.h9U9tGY9009337@menelaos.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>
Resent-Message-ID: <200310301000.h9UA0S2x094517@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         58717
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       net/arpwatch: Install sample startup-script instead of live one
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Oct 30 02:00:28 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Volker Stolz
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.9-RC i386
>Organization:
Lehrstuhl für Informatik II
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD menelaos.informatik.rwth-aachen.de 4.9-RC FreeBSD 4.9-RC #10: Tue Oct 7 12:32:25 CEST 2003 root@menelaos.informatik.rwth-aachen.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MENELAOS i386


>Description:
The arpwatch-port should install the startup-script in $LOCALBASE/etc/rc.d as a
*deactivated* sample script and not a live one.

I got severely bitten by this as I installed arpwatch because I needed it's
vendor database and it spewed root@ days later when I finally rebooted the machine.
As more and more ports switch to install deactived startup-scripts, I strongly
suggest this port follows their example.

I'm going to stand in a corner for a while now.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Install startup-script as 'arpwatch.sh.dist'.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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