OK, so yes, personal aesthetics can get in the way of keeping the names
consistent, and though this isn't really an excuse it does suggest that
there might be something less than perfect about making such rules.

> Maybe something along the lines of the following is the best of both
> worlds:
> 
> 	kernname=`sysctl booted_kernel`
> 	if [ ! -e "$kernname" ]; then
> 		kernname="/netbsd"
> 	fi
> 	kvm_mkdb $kernname

How about this (which should work even for architectures where
booted_kernel isn't, or cannot be, filled in; and which also suggests
that the existance of this sysctl variable should not be MD):

	kernname=`sysctl kern.booted_kernel`
	if [ ! -e "$kernname" -a -e "/netbsd" ] ; then
		kernname="/netbsd"
	fi
	if [ -n "$kernname" ] ; then
		kvm_mkdb $kernname
	else
		rm -f /var/db/kvm.db
		: can anything useful be done here or just complain?
	fi

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