From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 9 00:50:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3511A16A4D7 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 00:50:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8608D43D46 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 00:50:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iA90oW2v011193 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 00:50:32 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id iA90oWAo011190; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 00:50:32 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 00:50:32 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200411090050.iA90oWAo011190@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Nehal Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BC8716A4CE for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 00:41:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from shaw.ca (S0106000ae6ceb225.vf.shawcable.net [70.68.12.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FA6A43D2F for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 00:41:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Nehal@shaw.ca) Received: from Nehal.Home (somebody@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by shaw.ca (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iA90fsqh001340 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 16:41:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Nehal@Nehal.Home) Received: (from Nehal@localhost) by Nehal.Home (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iA90fsSh001339; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 16:41:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Nehal) Message-Id: <200411090041.iA90fsSh001339@Nehal.Home> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 16:41:54 -0800 (PST) From: Nehal To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: misc/73692: exiting sysinstall appends text to rc.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Nehal List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 00:50:35 -0000 >Number: 73692 >Category: misc >Synopsis: exiting sysinstall appends text to rc.conf >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 09 00:50:32 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Nehal Mistry >Release: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD Nehal.Home 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 root@harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: every time i start and exit sysinstall, the following text is appended to /etc/rc.conf --- start --- # This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf. # Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf. # Enable network daemons for user convenience. # Created: Mon Nov 8 16:35:26 2004 --- end ---- (the time stamp obviously differs) after running sysinstall many times, you will end up with a large rc.conf file full of this text. >How-To-Repeat: start and then exit sysinstall. >Fix: this text should not be appended to rc.conf, or appended only once. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: