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Date:      Mon, 9 Aug 2004 10:56:59 -0700
From:      John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
Cc:        cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/common help.common src/sys/boot/forth loader.conf
Message-ID:  <20040809175658.GH991@funkthat.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040809174927.GA20807@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
References:  <200408061506.i76F66sl018247@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040809124153.GN628@darkness.comp.waw.pl> <20040809173814.GG991@funkthat.com> <20040809174927.GA20807@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>

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Giorgos Keramidas wrote this message on Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 20:49 +0300:
> > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
> > Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]...
> 
> I don't know if this is related, but...
> 
> I've also noticed that /boot/kernel is added twice at module_path.
> My boot loader-foo is non-existent but it always seemed sufficient
> to just use:
> 
>         set module_path=/boot/kernel.old
>         set bootfile=/boot/kernel.old/kernel
> 
> to recover from broken/buggy kernel builds, so I never asked.
> 
> Does this mean that now module_path will include the current kernel path
> only once?

Yes, my commit fixes the problem of /boot/kernel being added twice (or
/boot/kernel being added even though you didn't load that kernel).  Just
update your /boot/defaults/loader.conf, and you should then be able to
remove your hacked module_path line.

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  John-Mark Gurney				Voice: +1 415 225 5579

     "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."



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