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pavanas
From: pavanas@meridio.ccia.com (pavanas abludo incusus)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Is this a Feature or a Bug?
Date: 16 Jul 1997 02:47:14 GMT
Organization: Aragorn Asteria
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On 16 Jul 1997 10:40:03 +1200,
 Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> mused and hath written:

>In <slrn5s4rnu.ms.pavanas@meridio.ccia.com> pavanas@meridio.ccia.com (pavanas abludo incusus) writes:
>
>>I have no idea by what or why these files were modifed. Suffice to
>>say that is irrelevant at this point, but what to do to prevent a
>>re-occurance is quite relevant. And a current check reveals rc.conf has
>>grown from 6,305 to 50,280 since 8-JUL-97 10:36 EDT. OK, no big deal until
>>I try to re-boot. nice feature, eh? meanwhile I re-copied from a backup
>>file and chmod -w rc.conf.
>> 
>>Anyone have any suggestions?
>
>There's a bug in sysinstall that causes the behaviour noted. First
>noticed it when I tried to add additional source distributions
>post-install.
>
That was my best guess. As long as one does not use /stand/sysinstall
rc.conf remains untouched, but using /stand/sysinstall does change
rc.conf. So I have found it prudent to check rc.conf state before a reboot
and adjust accordingly (keeping a copy of rc.conf handy is a wise move.)


>-- 
>Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>                                              Clothes do make the man.
>                  Naked people have little or no influence on society.

cheers

-- 
IHS
pavanas
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