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Date:      Thu, 10 Apr 2003 05:53:59 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Tim J. Robbins" <tjr@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: 'for' unexpected.
Message-ID:  <20030410025359.GA21455@gothmog.gr>
In-Reply-To: <200304100239.h3A2dLLo072238@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <20030408174535.CA3285D07@ptavv.es.net> <200304100239.h3A2dLLo072238@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On 2003-04-09 19:39, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> Scott Carmichael <freebsd@jobeus.net> wrote:
> > > So, anyways, anyone know what this could be? I can't seem to even type
> > > a 'for' statement in sh and make it work. Eek.
> >
> > See the archives. This is a problem reported earlier this week.
> >
> > Work around:
> > cd /usr/src/bin/sh
> > make clean
> > make
> > make install
> > cd /usr/src
> > make installworld
>
> Using a userland and kernel from Sunday, April 6 2003, I hit this when
> trying to upgrade to today's current too.  Unfortunately, rebuilding
> /bin/sh didn't quite work while I was in single-user mode...  Probably
> because the file /bin/sh is 'in use'.  I've brought my workstation
> up by running while in single user mode:
>
> 	# exec /bin/csh
> 	name# cp /usr/local/bin/bash /bin/sh
> 	name# exit
>
> I'll try rebuilding now.  Who knows *why* this happens?  I think it
> definitely deserves an UPDATING entry.

Nope.  No use.  If I let /usr/src/bin/sh overwrite my /bin/sh it bombs
out later while installing games/* with the same error.  For the moment,
I've replaced /bin/sh with a static copy of bash :-(

Tim, is this a known problem?  Is anyone looking into this already?

- Giorgos



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