Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 21:14:18 -0800 From: paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com> To: Clint Olsen <clint@0lsen.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.7 changes to /bin/sh? Message-ID: <3DE454AA.5000904@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20021127043410.GA25180@0lsen.net> References: <20021127043410.GA25180@0lsen.net>
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Clint Olsen wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I installed the port for thttpd, and when I upgraded to 4.7, it
> broke my
> rc.d script, complaining about an unexpected '&&'.
>
> The line it bitched about was something like:
>
> [ -x ${PREFIX}/sbin/thttpd_wrapper ] &&
> ${PREFIX}/sbin/thttpd_wrapper & &&
> echo -n ' thttpd'
>
> I presume it was complaining about running a command in the
> background and
> then trying to use the && operator to run the following command.
>
check to see how ${PREFIX} is being evaluated: I have found quite
a few rc scripts where it never worked: I just hard-coded the
necessary values.
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