Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 18:02:24 +0100 From: Paul Macdonald <paul@ifdnrg.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update error ln: ///rescue/[: No such file or directory Message-ID: <557F0520.9020105@ifdnrg.com> In-Reply-To: <44h9q8sys8.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: <557F0002.4060400@ifdnrg.com> <44h9q8sys8.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
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On 15/06/2015 17:48, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Paul Macdonald <paul@ifdnrg.com> writes: > >> I just saw a large list of errors for freebsd-update of the form >> >> Installing updates... >> >> ln: ///rescue/[: No such file or directory >> ln: ///rescue/[: No such file or directory >> .... >> >> is this something to panic about? > Panic, no. But it is a problem; your /rescue tree is basically unpopulated. > > You didn't hand-delete "/rescue/[", did you? > > I'm not sure what the best way to re-install rescue would be, but you > definitely want to do so. You might go years without needing it, but it > saves a lot of time (and panic) when you do. /rescue is populated ( see first email), but i do note that it's modification date is March, and that it does not have the odd looking [ binary ( which i remember someone asking about in this list a while back). I'd assumed that something was truncated in output but can see now that it literally can't find /rescue/[ scp'd [ from a different box, free-update fetch/update happy now. thanks -- ------------------------- Paul Macdonald IFDNRG Ltd Web and video hosting ------------------------- t: 0131 5548070 m: 07970339546 e: paul@ifdnrg.com w: http://www.ifdnrg.com ------------------------- IFDNRG 40 Maritime Street Edinburgh EH6 6SA ---------------------------------------------------- High Specification Dedicated Servers from £100.00pm ----------------------------------------------------
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