Date: 4 Mar 2005 16:24:17 -0000 From: "Eygene A.Ryabinkin" <rea@rea.mbslab.kiae.ru> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: rik@cronyx.ru Subject: conf/78419: /etc/termcap is a symbolic link Message-ID: <20050304162417.6322.qmail@rea.mbslab.kiae.ru> Resent-Message-ID: <200503041630.j24GUEHi046191@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 78419 >Category: conf >Synopsis: /etc/termcap is a symbolic link >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Mar 04 16:30:14 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Eygene A. Ryabinkin >Release: FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE i386 >Organization: Code Labs >Environment: System: FreeBSD rea.mbslab.kiae.ru 5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #: Wed Feb 16 14:01:47 MSK 2005 root@rea.mbslab.kiae.ru:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/REA i386 >Description: On default installation of FreeBSD file /etc/termcap is a symlink to a /usr/share/misc/termcap. It makes impossible the usage of ncurses- or termcap-aware utilities in single-user mode without mounted /usr. The main impact is the impossibility of using /stand/sysinstall without mounted /usr in single-user mode. Sometimes it is impossible to mount /usr, e.g. in the case of disk failure, either soft or hard. >How-To-Repeat: Boot in single-user and try running /stand/sysinstall without doing mount -a. >Fix: Move termcap database to /etc, where it logically belongs, and make symlink in /usr/share/misc. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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