From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 21:49:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8271C16A40F for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:49:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D203E43CA2 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:49:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id kBILnewk016231 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:49:41 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.1.235] (colin.cs.washington.edu [128.208.1.235]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id kBILndAf006361 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:49:40 -0800 Message-ID: <45870CF3.2040503@u.washington.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:49:39 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061108) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20061217203138.EFA38E0625@smtp1.galnet.dk> <4585B030.3090809@u.washington.edu> <20061217211130.EC1C8E0600@smtp1.galnet.dk> <4585CD84.4060807@u.washington.edu> <20061218073239.E9100E05B3@smtp1.galnet.dk> <4586535F.5040806@u.washington.edu> <20061218212252.9851EE0647@smtp1.galnet.dk> In-Reply-To: <20061218212252.9851EE0647@smtp1.galnet.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.2.285561, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2006.12.18.132933 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __LINES_OF_YELLING 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: rm -f doesn't delete symlink: Sollution X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:49:49 -0000 Jeppe Bundsgaard wrote: > At 09:37 18-12-2006, you wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Jeppe Bundsgaard wrote: >> > At 00:06 18-12-2006, you wrote: >> >> Jeppe Bundsgaard wrote: >> >>> At 22:01 17-12-2006, you wrote: >> >>>> Jeppe Bundsgaard wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Hi, >> >>>>> I am trying to upgrade to FreeBSD 6.1. But when I run installworld >> >>>>> it halts when trying to create a symlink: /sys. Just before the >> >>>>> error the script tries to delete the old symlink with: rm -f /sys. >> >>>>> But this doesn't delete the symlink. >> >>>>> No flags are set on /sys. >> >>>>> Anybody got any idea what is wrong? >> >>>>> Thanks. >> >>>>> Jeppe > Thanks again for your help. > > I finally found the - of course very simple - sollution my self. It > was rm that was corrupt. Luckily I has another server with FreeBSD, so > I used lftp to copy rm to /bin - and now it works again. Only I wonder > what other important files are corrupted - and how this happened... > > Jeppe No softupdates on /? I noticed that that particular item wasn't turned on by default when I recently redid my machine. I wonder why unlink didn't work though, because I thought rm depended on unlink. Hmm.. -Garrett