Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 08:59:05 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: "Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@ix.netcom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Corrupted or Changed /etc/rc.conf Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.95.970724085749.11019A-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <33D5C71B.167EB0E7@ix.netcom.com>
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On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Thomas D. Dean wrote: > I installed FreeBSD 2.2.2, yesterday. I have looked at rc.conf > several times and made a couple of changes, with vi. > > Now, looking at rc.conf, I see the comments at the end of the > assignment lines multiplied and a trailing " appended. > > I looked at a different machine, with at most one change to rc.conf > and the comments were only doubled, not multiplied by 10 > > Anyone have ANY idea what can cause this? Buggy /stand/sysinstall. If you're using it to install new distributions, for example, it will alter /etc/rc.conf oddly. -- Jonathan Chen e-mail : jonc@pinnacle.co.nz Pinnacle Software Ltd Voice : +64.9.415.4460 Auckland, New Zealand Fax : +64.9.415.4250
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