misc/183699: /var/empty missing after freebsd-update 10.0-BETA2 -> BETA3 amd64
Kurt Jaeger
fbsd-pr at opsec.eu
Tue Nov 5 21:30:01 UTC 2013
>Number: 183699
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: /var/empty missing after freebsd-update 10.0-BETA2 -> BETA3 amd64
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 05 21:30:00 UTC 2013
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Kurt Jaeger
>Release: FreeBSD 10.0-BETA3 amd64
>Organization:
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>Environment:
System: FreeBSD f10.opsec.eu 10.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 10.0-BETA3 #0 r257580: Sun Nov 3 19:43:01 UTC 2013 root at snap.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
>Description:
I did (on a 10.0-BETA2 amd64 system):
freebsd-update -r 10.0-BETA3 upgrade
freebsd-update install
shutdown -r now
freebsd-update install
Then /var/empty was missing and sshd failed to restart.
mkdir /var/empty
chmod 555 /var/empty
fixed it.
>How-To-Repeat:
see above
>Fix:
No idea why that happened
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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