Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 00:02:47 -0700 From: "Rob Lytle" <jan6146@gmail.com> To: "Jeremy Chadwick" <koitsu@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: today's build is causing errors for me Message-ID: <784966050805160002g63defc51j11465f0d51025a0d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080516061724.GA47953@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <784966050805151644m43b9a5e1qe8a4568576fc081f@mail.gmail.com> <20080516043411.GA44491@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <784966050805152304t1827c53bi6988ae9c8f837f32@mail.gmail.com> <20080516061724.GA47953@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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Hi Jeremy, You were correct. Somehow some files in /etc/rc.d had permissions of 644. Setting the new permissions to that of the old fixed the problem. Thanks. Rob. On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:17 PM, Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:04:34PM -0700, Rob Lytle wrote: > > Hi Jeremy, > > > > I used Mergemaster. Thats what I mean't when I said that I carefully > > "merged" /usr/src/etc/ with /etc. But like I said, no files were > > replaced that contained my own configuration, e.g. group. I will say > > this- that I have always considered Mergemaster a confusing mess, > > despite the dogma on the lists. I have been running FreeBSD and > > installing it since 1998, so I have some experience- but this is new > > behavior beyond my previous experiences. > > "Permission denied" could imply that the rc scripts aren't set to > executable. Possibly a umask problem? > > Additionally, mergemaster isn't a confusing mess. If anything, it's one > of the most simple tools there is for managing /etc. The part you > probably find "confusing", which is the same part I did when I started > using it, is the side-by-side interactive diff. It's very easy to use; > "r" means use the text shown on the right, and "l" means use the text > shown on the left. > > -- > | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | > | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | > | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | > | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | > >
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