Subject: install/19698: etcupdate error
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <htodd@allison.i8u.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 01/05/2003 10:27:00
>Number: 19698
>Category: install
>Synopsis: existance of /usr/src/etc/obj causes etcupdate to fail
>Confidential: yes
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: install-manager
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Jan 05 10:28:00 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:
>Release: NetBSD 1.6L 1/5/2003
>Organization:
Hisashi T Fujinaka - htodd@twofifty.com
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>Environment:
System: NetBSD allison 1.6L NetBSD 1.6L (ALLISON) #156: Sun Jan 5 09:30:43 PST 2003 htodd@allison:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/ALLISON i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
If /usr/src/etc/obj exists, etcupdate will tell you that "make install-etc-files" does not exist.
>How-To-Repeat:
Deleting the link /usr/src/etc/obj and running cd /usr/src/etc && make obj will create the objectionable file.
>Fix:
rm -rf /usr/src/etc/obj
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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