Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 21:29:52 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com> Cc: Lev Serebryakov <lev@imc.macro.ru>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New 3.3-STABLE: out of file descriptors Message-ID: <1739.938028592@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Sep 1999 12:14:30 MST." <14313.10902.471184.356967@hip186.ch.intel.com>
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On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 12:14:30 MST, John Reynolds~ wrote:
> didn't I see something a few weeks (months?) ago on this list
> regarding about the same thing--and the cause was a recursive include
> of /etc/rc.conf ?
Yes. While it _is_ pilot error, we could do a little more to protect
folks against this common mistake.
I'd love feedback on whether the following works "out in the field". I
haven't tested it too thoroughly.
Ciao,
Sheldon.
Index: rc.conf
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/etc/defaults/rc.conf,v
retrieving revision 1.37
diff -u -d -2 -r1.37 rc.conf
--- rc.conf 1999/09/22 06:31:32 1.37
+++ rc.conf 1999/09/22 09:59:45
@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@
# spamming your local configuration information.
#
+# A common mistake is to copy the contents of this file into one of the
+# ${rc_conf_files} files (e.g. /etc/rc.conf). That does not work, because
+# this file ends up recursing on itself. The ${rc_conf_files} files should
+# only contain values which override values set in this file.
+#
# All arguments must be in double or single quotes.
#
@@ -233,8 +238,17 @@
#
+rc_conf_files_done=${rc_conf_files_done:-:}
for i in ${rc_conf_files}; do
- if [ -f $i ]; then
- . $i
- fi
+ case ${rc_conf_files_done} in
+ *:${i}:*)
+ echo WARNING: ${i} recurses on itself.
+ echo Read the comments at the top of the /etc/defaults/rc.conf file.
+ ;;
+ *)
+ rc_conf_files_done="${rc_conf_files_done}${i}:"
+ if [ -r "${i}" ]; then
+ . ${i}
+ fi
+ ;;
+ esac
done
-
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