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Date:      Thu, 20 Sep 2001 13:56:37 -0500
From:      Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: mergemaster goes postal
Message-ID:  <3BAA3BE5.4FB6035D@math.missouri.edu>
References:  <E15jveS-0008Uc-00@rip.psg.com> <20010920121758.B68279@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010920115210.B75316@xor.obsecurity.org>

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Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 12:17:58PM +0100, j mckitrick wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 09:41:28PM -0700, Randy Bush wrote:
> > | happened on three separate systems cvsupped this afternoon
> > |
> > | *** You installed a new /dev/MAKEDEV script, so make sure that you run
> > |     'cd /dev && /bin/sh MAKEDEV all' to rebuild your devices
> > |
> > |     Would you like to run it now? y or n [n] y
> > |     Running cd /dev && /bin/sh MAKEDEV all
> > |
> > | MAKEDEV: arith: syntax error: à                                               "{
> > |
> > | bad node: mknod i4bteld1
> >
> > Check the archives for the past few days.  This has been asked several times
> > in the last week or two.
> >
> > You'll either need to change the MAKEDEV script or change your CPUTYPE.
> 
> What does CPUTYPE have to do with a shell script?
> 

I think the bug is in sh.

-- 
Stephen Montgomery-Smith
stephen@math.missouri.edu
http://www.math.missouri.edu/~stephen

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