Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 07:54:44 GMT From: "Karsten W. Rohrbach" <rohrbach@dino-online.de> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: conf/3782: /stand/sysinstall misbehaviour in rc.conf handling Message-ID: <199706050754.HAA03959@www.dino-onlinde.de> Resent-Message-ID: <199706050000.RAA06870@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 3782 >Category: conf >Synopsis: /stand/sysinstall misbehaviour in rc.conf handling >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Jun 4 17:00:00 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Karsten W. Rohrbach >Organization: Nacamar Data Communications >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE i386 >Environment: out of the box 2.2.2-release installation with multiple scsi hard disks >Description: when running /stand/sysinstall to fdisk or label a disk and to set options it modifies /etc/rc.conf in a bad way by adding the comment field again and again to the end of the lines >How-To-Repeat: run /stand/sysinstall to change a label, fdisk a disk or to change system config options in the configurations menu >Fix: check the code that groks rc.conf and clean out comment modification. add a #FIRSTTIME comment and remove it the first time sysinstall modifies the rc.conf file >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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