Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 20:58:54 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: walterk1@earthlink.net, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/43865: unterminated string in rc.conf leaves system unuseable / disk readonly Message-ID: <20021009195854.GA635@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <200210091910.aa71736@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> References: <200210091713.g99HD2Ut063553@freefall.freebsd.org> <200210091910.aa71736@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>
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On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 07:10:50PM +0100, Ian Dowse wrote: > In message <200210091713.g99HD2Ut063553@freefall.freebsd.org>, Ceri Davies writ > es: > >State-Changed-From-To: open->closed > >Pilot error. > > > >/etc/rc.conf is sourced by /bin/sh, and therefore must be in valid > >/bin/sh syntax. > > > >If you have garbled /etc/rc.conf (or any of the other startup files), > >this does not mean that you have to reinstall the system - boot into > >single user and correct the error. > > I actually think that this is a perfectly reasonable bug report. It's a change request at best. Feel free to reopen it if you like, though. Ceri -- you can't see when light's so strong you can't see when light is gone To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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