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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:
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