Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:19:40 +0000 From: Frank Leonhardt <freebsd-doc@fjl.co.uk> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: eval: startmsg: not found on FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE-p1 Message-ID: <72e87cd9-e439-420c-bede-804692275042@fjl.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CA%2B1FSiju2duHQ7suti53A6Z3MKLW0ztVgp%2B79HXq%2BMnG-P5A6A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2B1FSijmdC7XQ0QtqOTVNzsETpOHNog-FfQDbaWSrrZN6aV7PQ@mail.gmail.com> <B12D5DC0-A068-4D3A-89B1-1E480C7BC15C@yahoo.com> <CA%2B1FSiju2duHQ7suti53A6Z3MKLW0ztVgp%2B79HXq%2BMnG-P5A6A@mail.gmail.com>
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On 19/02/2025 10:45, Mario Marietto wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Sorry for the mistake,I have /etc/rc.subr. This is the part of the
> code that may be correlated with the error that I get. Should I modify
> it ? How ?
>
> #
> # check_startmsgs
> # If rc_quiet is set (usually as a result of using faststart at
> # boot time) check if rc_startmsgs is enabled.
> #
> check_startmsgs()
> {
> if [ -n "$rc_quiet" ]; then
> checkyesno rc_startmsgs
> else
> return 0
> fi
> }
>
> This is the full code of rc.subr :
> <snip>
> --
> Mario.
I don't recognise this problem but as no one has answered I've spent a
few minutes looking at it.
I've checked 14.2-RELEASE and "startmsg" exists in /etc/rc.subr so this
probably isn't the same problem. I'm going to assume you don't do much
in the way of shell scripts - apologies if you do.
startmsg() is a function that optionally prints out a message after
checking to see if they’re suppressed. It's a wrapper around the
standard shell echo.
The problem here is that something appears to be calling it but isn't
finding it. I'd love to know what, but I can't figure it out. I've not
looked deeply into the FreeBSD pkg system - I'm from a time when
everything was compiled from source code and that's bad enough!
pkg itself isn't a script but I guess it's calling something that is,
and this is failing to include /etc/rc.subr so startmsg() is never found.
Quick hack. From sh as root user.
# echo "#!/bin/sh" >/bin/startmsg
# echo 'echo "$@"' >>/bin/startmsg
# chmod a+x /bin/startmsg
This will make the startmsg function available to all scripts. Try
again. After use get rid of it:
# rm /bin/startmsg
If you're in csh instead of sh you'll have to put a \ in front of the !
in the first line: echo "#\!/bin/sh" >/bin/startmsg
I suspect that if the mystery script is failing to find startmsg() it
will fail to find something else after it's been hacked but it's worth a
shot.
Regards, Frank.
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19/02/2025 10:45, Mario Marietto
wrote:<br>
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<div>Hello.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Sorry for the mistake,I have /etc/rc.subr. This is the part
of the code that may be correlated with the error that I get.
Should I modify it ? How ?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>#<br>
# check_startmsgs<br>
# If rc_quiet is set (usually as a result of using faststart
at<br>
# boot time) check if rc_startmsgs is enabled.<br>
#<br>
check_startmsgs()<br>
{<br>
if [ -n "$rc_quiet" ]; then<br>
checkyesno rc_startmsgs<br>
else<br>
return 0<br>
fi<br>
} <br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>This is the full code of rc.subr :</div>
<snip><br>
</div>
<span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br>
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Mario.<br>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p>I don't recognise this problem but as no one has answered I've
spent a few minutes looking at it.</p>
<p>I've checked 14.2-RELEASE and "startmsg" exists in /etc/rc.subr
so this probably isn't the same problem. I'm going to assume you
don't do much in the way of shell scripts - apologies if you do.</p>
<p>startmsg() is a function that optionally prints out a message
after checking to see if they’re suppressed. It's a wrapper around
the standard shell echo.</p>
<p>The problem here is that something appears to be calling it but
isn't finding it. I'd love to know what, but I can't figure it
out. I've not looked deeply into the FreeBSD pkg system - I'm from
a time when everything was compiled from source code and that's
bad enough!</p>
<p>pkg itself isn't a script but I guess it's calling something that
is, and this is failing to include /etc/rc.subr so startmsg() is
never found.</p>
<p>Quick hack. From sh as root user.<br>
</p>
<p># echo "#!/bin/sh" >/bin/startmsg<br>
# echo 'echo "$@"' >>/bin/startmsg<br>
# chmod a+x /bin/startmsg<br>
</p>
<p>This will make the startmsg function available to all scripts.
Try again. After use get rid of it:<br>
</p>
<p># rm /bin/startmsg</p>
<p>If you're in csh instead of sh you'll have to put a \ in front of
the ! in the first line: echo "#\!/bin/sh" >/bin/startmsg</p>
<p>I suspect that if the mystery script is failing to find
startmsg() it will fail to find something else after it's been
hacked but it's worth a shot.</p>
<p>Regards, Frank.</p>
<p><br>
</p>
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</p>
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