Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:17:35 -0800 (PST) From: Jin Guojun (FTG staff) <jin@pesto.lbl.gov> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/8941: sysctl in different place causes whereis failure Message-ID: <199812022017.MAA01740@pesto.lbl.gov>
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>Number: 8941 >Category: bin >Synopsis: sysctl in different place causes whereis failure >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Dec 2 12:20:00 PST 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jin Guojun (FTG staff) >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE i386 >Environment: FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE >Description: the "sysctl" command has bend moved from /usr/sbin to /sbin. /usr/bin/whereis line 99 invokes sysctl by "/usr/sbin/sysctl -n user.cs_path" that causes command not found error. >How-To-Repeat: try do "whereis anything" # whereis yp Can't exec "/usr/sbin/sysctl -n user.cs_path": No such file or directory at /usr/bin/whereis line 99yp: >Fix: change /usr/sbin/sysctl to /sbin/sysctl at line 99 in whereis program. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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