From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat May 16 07:24:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA19149 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Sat, 16 May 1998 07:24:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA19144 for ; Sat, 16 May 1998 07:24:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) id HAA15518; Sat, 16 May 1998 07:20:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 07:20:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199805161420.HAA15518@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG From: Andre Albsmeier Subject: Re: bin/6653: change to /etc/rc Reply-To: Andre Albsmeier Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/6653; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Andre Albsmeier To: dom@myrddin.demon.co.uk Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/6653: change to /etc/rc Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 16:13:41 +0200 (CEST) > >Description: > > If there are directories in the /var/run directory (eg: as used by the > sudo and xemacs ports), then the line in /etc/rc that says: > > rm -f /var/run/* > > Produces an error on boot up time, which could confuse a new user. Same as in -STABLE. See also misc/4723. I was told that ports which create directories in /var/run are broken. However, nobody fixed the ports nor changed /etc/rc :-( (Yes, I sent a mail to the sudo port maintainer...) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message