Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 16:41:54 -0800 (PST) From: Nehal <nehalmistry@gmx.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/73692: exiting sysinstall appends text to rc.conf Message-ID: <200411090041.iA90fsSh001339@Nehal.Home> Resent-Message-ID: <200411090050.iA90oWAo011190@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 73692 >Category: misc >Synopsis: exiting sysinstall appends text to rc.conf >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: Tue Nov 09 00:50:32 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Nehal Mistry >Release: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD Nehal.Home 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 root@harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: every time i start and exit sysinstall, the following text is appended to /etc/rc.conf --- start --- # This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf. # Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf. # Enable network daemons for user convenience. # Created: Mon Nov 8 16:35:26 2004 --- end ---- (the time stamp obviously differs) after running sysinstall many times, you will end up with a large rc.conf file full of this text. >How-To-Repeat: start and then exit sysinstall. >Fix: this text should not be appended to rc.conf, or appended only once. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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