Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 02:21:21 GMT From: Ammad Shah <mammadshah@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: conf/118503: sysinstall and /etc/rc.conf Message-ID: <200712090221.lB92LL6X074272@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200712090230.lB92U0HH019084@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 118503 >Category: conf >Synopsis: sysinstall and /etc/rc.conf >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Dec 09 02:30:00 UTC 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ammad Shah >Release: 6.2 >Organization: Creative Chaos >Environment: FreeBSD fbsd.csquareonline.local 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 10:40:27 UTC 2007 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: i am new to Free-BSD, but i have experience on Linux (RHEL/Fedora/Suse).there is problem when ever i run sysinstall to configure ethernet devices. it appends a new line in /etc/rc.conf, whereas it should modify the previous entry that was created by user or system. like in linux when i modify ip using "setup" / system-config-network, it modifies /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. According to my point of view its a bug in freebsd. and it should be removed from it. thanks. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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