Re: 12.3-RC1 errors on boot and shutdown

20.11.2021 17:54, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> Hi!
> 
>>>> xargs: not found
>>>
>>> This one comes from /etc/rc.d/rctl. Consequentially, rctl rules will
>>> not be loaded.
>>>
>>> The flaw was always there, but (for whatever reason) /etc/rc.d/rctl
>>> is now run very early, *before* mountcritlocal.
>>> And xargs lives in /usr/bin - it doesn't exist before mountcritlocal.
>>
>> I've just fixed rctl part in HEAD:
>> https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=0c54fe172ad365e7e60d6249484a7579c18b7d2d
>>
>> I will commit the fix to stable branches soon, but stable/12 will get it after the release as it is too late.
> 
> Why is it too late ? I thought that's what the RCs are for ?

Releng team announced that only critical fixes are accepted after RCs.
This fix is not critical as it's easy to fix the script locally until official update.