Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 10:56:52 -0500 (EST) From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@daveg.ca> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/62165: Mergemaster bogon in the use of * Message-ID: <20040131155652.A13EA1D236C@canoe.dclg.ca> Resent-Message-ID: <200401311600.i0VG0iX9015336@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 62165 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Mergemaster bogon in the use of * >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Jan 31 08:00:44 PST 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: David Gilbert >Release: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT i386 >Organization: DaveG.ca >Environment: System: FreeBSD canoe.dclg.ca 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #3: Fri Jan 30 12:56:19 EST 2004 dgilbert@canoe.dclg.ca:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/CANOE i386 As above. >Description: In response to a recent posting to freebsd-current, I was reminded that I should delete certain files in my /etc/rc.d. One recomended way was to delete all files in rc.d and run mergemaster -i. However, in response to this, mergemaster says that the following files are present in /etc/rc.d but on in /var/tmp/temproot/etc/rc.d: * and prompts to remove "them" ... meaning * >How-To-Repeat: cd /etc/rc.d rm -f * mergemaster -i >Fix: I suspect this is the misfeature of the shell where "*" is deemed literal if it doesn't match anything. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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