Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 21:03:02 +0100 From: dom@myrddin.demon.co.uk To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/6653: change to /etc/rc Message-ID: <E0yaQh4-00004y-00.qmail@myrddin.demon.co.uk>
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>Number: 6653 >Category: bin >Synopsis: The rc script sometimes produces errors which are unnecessary. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat May 16 03:10:01 PDT 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Dom Mitchell >Organization: Big orange angry things, inc. >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 >Environment: FreeBSD myrddin.demon.co.uk 3.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Apr 26 18:11:38 BST 1998 dom@myrddin.demon.co.uk:/usr/src/sys/compile/MYRDDIN i386 myrddin# ident /etc/rc /etc/rc: $Id: rc,v 1.143 1998/01/08 17:08:22 joerg Exp $ >Description: If there are directories in the /var/run directory (eg: as used by the sudo and xemacs ports), then the line in /etc/rc that says: rm -f /var/run/* Produces an error on boot up time, which could confuse a new user. >How-To-Repeat: 1. Install sudo. 2. Use sudo. 3. Reboot. >Fix: Change the above mentioned line to: rm -f /var/run/* 2>/dev/null You may also wish to add the following statement to a point after which /usr is mounted: find /var/run -type f -print | xargs rm -f >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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