freebsd-update error ln: ///rescue/[: No such file or directory

Paul Macdonald paul at ifdnrg.com
Mon Jun 15 16:40:49 UTC 2015


I just saw a large list of errors for freebsd-update of the form

Installing updates...

ln: ///rescue/[: No such file or directory
ln: ///rescue/[: No such file or directory
....

is this something to panic about?

Paul.

(full output)

freebsd-update fetch
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 5 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 10.1-RELEASE from update5.freebsd.org... 
done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Inspecting system... done.
Preparing to download files... done.

The following files will be updated as part of updating to 10.1-RELEASE-p12:
/rescue/fsdb
/rescue/fsirand
/rescue/gbde
/rescue/geom
/rescue/getfacl
/rescue/glabel
/rescue/gpart
/rescue/groups
/rescue/gunzip
/rescue/gzcat
/rescue/gzip
/rescue/halt
/rescue/head
/rescue/hostname
/rescue/id
/rescue/ifconfig
/rescue/init
/rescue/ipf
/rescue/kenv
/rescue/kill
/rescue/kldconfig
/rescue/kldload
/rescue/kldstat
/rescue/kldunload
/rescue/ldconfig
/rescue/less
/rescue/link
/rescue/ln
/rescue/ls
/rescue/lzcat
/rescue/lzma
/rescue/md5
/rescue/mdconfig
/rescue/mdmfs
/rescue/mkdir
/rescue/mknod
/rescue/more
/rescue/mount
/rescue/mount_cd9660
/rescue/mount_msdosfs
/rescue/mount_nfs
/rescue/mount_nullfs
/rescue/mount_udf


# freebsd-update install
Installing updates...ln: ///rescue/[: No such file or directory
ln: ///rescue/[: No such file or directory
ln: ///rescue/[: No such file or directory
ln: ///rescue/[: No such file or directory
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ln: ///rescue/[: No such file or directory
  done.


ls -al /rescue/

drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel      102 Jun 12 07:50 .
drwxr-xr-x  20 root  wheel       29 Jun  6 09:03 ..
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     9974 Dec  3  2014 dhclient-script
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 fsdb
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 fsirand
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 gbde
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 geom
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 getfacl
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 glabel
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 gpart
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 groups
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 gunzip
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 gzcat
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 gzip
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 halt
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 head
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 hostname
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 id
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 ifconfig
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 init
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 ipf
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 kenv
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 kill
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 kldconfig
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 kldload
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 kldstat
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 kldunload
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 ldconfig
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 less
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 link
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 ln
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 ls
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 lzcat
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 lzma
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 md5
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 mdconfig
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 mdmfs
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 mkdir
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 mknod
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 more
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 mount
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 mount_cd9660
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 mount_msdosfs
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 mount_nfs
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 mount_nullfs
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 mount_udf
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 mount_unionfs
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 mt
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 mv
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 nc
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 newfs
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 newfs_msdos
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     2862 Dec  3  2014 nextboot
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 nos-tun
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 pgrep
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 ping
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 ping6
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 pkill
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 ps
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 pwd
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 rcorder
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 rcp
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 rdump
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 realpath
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 reboot
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 red
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 rescue
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 restore
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 rm
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 rmdir
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 route
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 routed
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 rrestore
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 rtquery
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 rtsol
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 savecore
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 sed
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 setfacl
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 sh
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 spppcontrol
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 stty
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 swapon
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 sync
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 sysctl
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 tail
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 tar
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 tcsh
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 tee
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 test
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 tunefs
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 umount
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 unlink
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 unlzma
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 unxz
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 vi
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 whoami
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 xz
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 xzcat
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 zcat
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 zdb
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 zfs
-r-xr-xr-x  98 root  wheel  8022232 Mar 23 08:25 zpool



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