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Date:      Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:50:43 +0200
From:      Thomas Zenker <thz@Lennartz-electronic.de>
To:        FreeBSD Stable List <stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: mergemaster error in 4.4-STABLE?
Message-ID:  <20010919135043.A2637@mezcal.tue.le>
In-Reply-To: <20010917114428.G1022-100000@hq1.tyfon.net>; from dl@tyfon.net on Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 11:47:48AM %2B0200
References:  <20010917114428.G1022-100000@hq1.tyfon.net>

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On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 11:47:48AM +0200, Dan Larsson wrote:
> (cvsup and build yesterday with install today)
> 
> after doing installworld I ran mergemaster. The below is the
> output of "cd /dev && /bin/sh MAKEDEV all":
> 
> *** You installed a new /dev/MAKEDEV script, so make sure that you run
>     'cd /dev && /bin/sh MAKEDEV all' to rebuild your devices
> 
>     Would you like to run it now? y or n [n] y
>     Running cd /dev && /bin/sh MAKEDEV all
> 
> MAKEDEV: arith: syntax error:
> "^Hà\x85^N^H^\\x86^N^HÈ\x85^N^Hà\x85^N^Hé\x85^N^Hë\x85^N^Hî\x85^N^H^\\x86^N^H"
> 
> bad node: mknod i4bteld1
> 
> 
> Is this something to worry about?

same here, on one of two PCs.

the problem isn't in mergemaster, but in /bin/sh
it seems to have to do with the shell function unit2minor.
problem disapears if you break the mknod lines in smaller pieces,
but apears after that at other places in the script.


-- Thomas Zenker
   c/o Lennartz electronic GmbH
   Bismarckstrasse 136, D-72072 Tuebingen, Germany
   Phone:  +49-(0)7071-93550
   Email:  thz@lennartz-electronic.de

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