rc initialization anomaly (some sections are being loaded twice)

[Lowell Gilbert]

Ihsan Junaidi <freebsd at synthexp.net> writes:

> I upgraded a test system running 5.1 to 5.2 RC1 and with it, i came
> upon a few difficulties. firstly, the default login and su PAM configs
> are (mis)configured so that they totally ignored the password. so each
> user is able to login freely without being prompted for a password.

You removed pam.conf?

> I've been getting weird behaviour from the rc init system,
> specifically with it loading some sections of initization twice. i'm
> not sure if this is intentional but it's annoying to see warning
> messages popped up and they loaded just fine on 5.1.

Sounds like you neglected the 20030829 entry in /usr/src/UPDATING.
No?