Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 10:30:02 -0800 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: misc/796: Network install incomplete in 1026-SNAP FDIV036 Message-ID: <199510291830.KAA11836@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/796; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: uhclem@fw.ast.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: misc/796: Network install incomplete in 1026-SNAP FDIV036 Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 13:20:01 -0500 <<On Fri, 27 Oct 95 23:49 WET DST, uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com said: > The problem appears to be that the installation process enabled networking, > but did not use the information gathered during the installation to create > an entry for /etc/hosts. By adding: > 165.164.6.19 skaro.lonestar.org skaro Actually, the bug appears to be in putting symbolic addresses in `ifconfig' commands. It is incorrect to do this. The installation process should never create `/etc/hosts'. > The source of the "bad value" error also needs to be investigated. > This message is displayed but does not appear in /var/log/messages. Of course it doesn't appear in /var/log/messages, it's written by the `ifconfig' program to standard error output long before `syslogd' is ever started. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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