Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 12:37:11 -0700 From: "Michael Kerr" <mkerr@cs.ubc.ca> To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re:conf/3782: /stand/sysinstall misbehaviour in rc.conf handling Message-ID: <9706061237.ZM28948@columbia.cs.ubc.ca>
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The fix doesn't seem to be very specific. Is there a patch? What file that grocks rc.conf causes the problem? Thank you Michael On Jun 5, 7:54am, Karsten W. Rohrbach wrote: > Subject: conf/3782: /stand/sysinstall misbehaviour in rc.conf handling > > >Number: 3782 > >Category: conf > >Synopsis: /stand/sysinstall misbehaviour in rc.conf handling > >Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: medium > >Responsible: freebsd-bugs > >State: open > >Class: sw-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Wed Jun 4 17:00:00 PDT 1997 > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Karsten W. Rohrbach > >Organization: > Nacamar Data Communications > >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE i386 > >Environment: > > out of the box 2.2.2-release installation with multiple scsi hard disks > > >Description: > > when running /stand/sysinstall to fdisk or label a disk and to set > options it modifies /etc/rc.conf in a bad way by adding the comment > field again and again to the end of the lines > > >How-To-Repeat: > > run /stand/sysinstall to change a label, fdisk a disk or to change > system config options in the configurations menu > > >Fix: > > check the code that groks rc.conf and clean out comment modification. > add a #FIRSTTIME comment and remove it the first time sysinstall > modifies the rc.conf file > > > >Audit-Trail: > >Unformatted: >-- End of excerpt from Karsten W. Rohrbach
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