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Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 09:39:59 +1200 (NZST)
From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
cc: Steve Krans - EDI <sdk@exchangedata.com>
Subject: Re: 2.2.2/sysinstall bug?
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In a previous message, Steve Krans - EDI said:
> Hello --
> 
> I just installed FreeBSD 2.2.2 on an Intel 486DX2.  When I run sysinstall,
> exit out, then vi /etc/rc.conf I get lines like:
> 
> swapfile="NO"           # Set to name of swapfile if aux swapfile desired."             # Set to name of swapfile if aux swapfile desired."
> 
> ie, the comment is duplicated each time I run sysinstall.  I now have 8
> of these comments on one long swapfile=... line.  This is happening for
> each line in the file.
> 
> Has anyone else encountered this problem?

Yup. Happened just after I installed additional source distributions
to my system. Freaked me out for a moment there until I realised
nothing of `real-signicance' had happened.

I couldn't figure out just what made the change until I read your
piece of mail.
--
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