error in src/etc/rc.d/mountcritlocal

Mike Makonnen mtm at wubethiopia.com
Thu May 1 04:56:52 UTC 2008


Oliver Lehmann wrote:
> Mike Makonnen wrote:
>
>   
>> I'm not sure what you mean. The checkyesno() routine considers "true" a 
>> valid parameter. Could you please post the exact error you're getting.
>>     
>
> I already posted it... I'm getting:
>
> $true is not set properly - see rc.conf(5)
>
> This is because:
>
> you call "start_boot true"
> start_boot itself calls checkyesno $1 - so it calls "checkyesno true"
>
> checkyesno then defines _value with "eval _value=\$${1}" so _value gets
> $true which is not an allowed value.
>
> let me past the comment of checkyesno:
>
> # checkyesno var
> #       Test $1 variable, and warn if not set to YES or NO.
> #       Return 0 if it's "yes" (et al), nonzero otherwise.
>
> A variablename has to be handed over to checkyesno, not a value like
> "true" or "yes" or whatever else. You see the error?
>
>   
Please try the attached patch.
Thanks!

Cheers.

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Index: etc/rc.subr
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/etc/rc.subr,v
retrieving revision 1.80
diff -u -r1.80 rc.subr
--- etc/rc.subr	26 Jan 2008 11:22:11 -0000	1.80
+++ etc/rc.subr	1 May 2008 04:57:36 -0000
@@ -171,10 +171,14 @@
 {
 	local always
 
-	if [ -n "$1" ] && checkyesno $1; then
+        case $1 in
+                #       "yes", "true", "on", or "1"
+        [Yy][Ee][Ss]|[Tt][Rr][Uu][Ee]|[Oo][Nn]|1)
 		always=true
-	else
+		;;
+	*)
 		always=false
+		;;
 	fi
 	if [ "$autoboot" = yes -o "$always" = true ]; then
 		echo "ERROR: ABORTING BOOT (sending SIGTERM to parent)!"


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