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Subject: i386/2802: 2.1.7: Bug in /etc/rc prevents running of rc.i386
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>Number:         2802
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       /etc/rc expects /etc/rc.i386, actually /etc/etc.i386/rc.i386
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Feb 22 11:40:01 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Nik Clayton
>Organization:
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.1.7-RELEASE i386
>Environment:

	2.1.7-RELEASE, obtained by supping RELENG_2_1_0 and making the 
	world

>Description:

        2.1.5 had an /etc/rc.i386 file. By 2.1.7 this had changed to become
	the directory /etc/etc.i386, which contains disktab, MAKEDEV and
	rc.i386.

	In 2.1.5, rc.i386 was run by /etc/rc with this piece of code

	# configure implementation specific stuff
	arch=`uname -m`
	if [ -f /etc/rc.${arch} ]; then
		. /etc/rc.${arch}
	fi

	This same code is used in /etc/rc for 2.1.7. However, because
	/etc/rc.i386 no longer exists, it's not run at startup.

	I first noticed this when my keymappings (for a uk.cp850) 
	vanished after upgrading.

>How-To-Repeat:

        Look at /etc/ in RELENG_2_1_0

>Fix:
	
        Quickest fix is to replace the code above with

	# configure implementation specific stuff
	arch=`uname -m`
	if [ -f /etc/etc.${arch}/rc.${arch} ]; then
		. /etc/etc.${arch}/rc.${arch}
	fi

	which simply extends the search. However, if you've already 
	specified the architecture with the directory name (etc.i386),
	would it not be cleaner to have /etc/etc.i386/rc?
>Audit-Trail:
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