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Date:      Tue, 6 Jan 1998 10:40:20 -0500
From:      Norman C Rice <nrice@emu.sourcee.com>
To:        Kevin McQuiggin <mcquiggi@sfu.ca>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Big Problem with rc.conf
Message-ID:  <19980106104020.30005@emu.sourcee.com>
In-Reply-To: <199801060630.WAA03038@fraser.sfu.ca>; from Kevin McQuiggin on Mon, Jan 05, 1998 at 10:30:33PM -0800
References:  <199801060630.WAA03038@fraser.sfu.ca>

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On Mon, Jan 05, 1998 at 10:30:33PM -0800, Kevin McQuiggin wrote:
> Hi All:
> 
> Why does my /etc/rc.conf file look like this? It seems to grow with each 
> boot. This is a subset, the current file is ~300K and has hundreds of 
> repetitions of the comment following each option.
> 
> THIS IS NOT AN UPLOAD ERROR, THE FILE LOOKS LIKE THIS!
> 
> Thanks,
> Kevin
> 
> 
> Here it is:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> 
> # This is rc.conf - a file full of useful variables that you can set 
[snip]

I believe you are experiencing a "feature" of 2.2.2 sysinstall. Try
upgrading to a new version.

-- 
Regards,
Norman C. Rice, Jr.



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