From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Sep 19 6: 8:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FB0E37B404 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 06:08:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (ns2.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4870D43E3B for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 06:08:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com (Exim 4.10 #11 (FreeBSD)) protocol: local id 17s12B-000LxO-00 ; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 16:07:55 +0300 Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 16:07:55 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: Dimitry Andric Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.7-PRERELEASE FAILING!! Message-ID: <20020919130755.GF5415@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , Dimitry Andric , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020919115412.GB5415@ns2.wananchi.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20020919080934.0329de80@192.168.0.12> <20020919122039.GC5415@ns2.wananchi.com> <1288109731.20020919144859@xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1288109731.20020919144859@xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message,where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Fortune: Bureaucrat, n.: A person who cuts red tape sideways. -- J. McCabe X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.7-PRERELEASE i386 X-Best-Window-Manager: Blackbox X-Mailer: Mutt 1.4i (2002-05-29) X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. X-Uptime: 4:05PM up 1:24, 5 users, load averages: 3.35, 2.21, 2.20 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Dimitry Andric [20020919 15:49]: wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2002-09-19 at 14:20:39 Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > OW> The first clue I have about all this is that I realized that mysql-server.sh > OW> refused to start. When I attempted to start it manually the system complained that > OW> there was "&&" that was unexpected. So I am wondering whether the syntax for /bin/sh > OW> has changed??? There has never been a probem with these scripts before. They cannot > OW> all develop a problem at once, and furthermore they are the default startup scripts > OW> that come with apps installed from the ports. > > Please see this thread for more information: > http://www.geocrawler.com/mail/thread.php3?subject=%2Fbin%2Fsh+changed%3F&list=152 Thank you for this. > In short, the shell script construction: > > run_a_deamon & && echo "deamon started" > > is no longer supported, since it didn't make any sense in the first > place. :) I see. > It might help to simply reinstall the port(s) that put scripts in > /usr/local/etc/rc.d, because these scripts should be updated by now, > to support the changes in /bin/sh. Hoping that the port maintainers are all up to date with the info, that is. I'll look at that option in a few minutes. > I fear this is going to be a FAQ when 4.7 hits the streets... Wouldn't > this be a good entry for the /usr/src/UPDATING file? :) I normally read the /usr/src/UPDATING before doing any builds but I did not see anything and was later to get this shcok. Thank you so much -Wash S y s t e m s A d m i n i s t r a t o r -- ------=====================================------ Odhiambo Washington Wananchi Online Ltd E: WASH@wananchi.com www.wananchi.com P: (+254)2 313 985-9 1st Floor Loita Hse F: (+254)2 313 922 Loita St., NAIROBI ------=====================================------ ++ INVENTORY Four be the things I am wiser to know: Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. Four be the things I'd been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt. Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne. Three be the things I shall have till I die: Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message