System borked: loader stack overflow.

[Luigi Rizzo]

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:38:51AM -0500, Andrew Lankford wrote:
> 
> I can't say what version of the loader it is that I'm using, but 
> (following Peter's advice, thanks), I've tried loader.old (about a week 
> old) and the latest loader (built yesterday), and both start.  Where 
> each loader has a problem appears to be reading (include-ing?) 
> /boot/default/loader.conf .  The spinner spins for a longer time than 

ok so the problem could be is a recursive assignment of loader_conf_files
in your previous installation (either as a result of the default
installation, or because of manual modifications).
Could you please send me a copy of your /boot/loader.conf and
/boot/defaults/loader.conf so i can check ?

A recent commit fixed the handling of loader_conf_files,
which previously was broken (in some cases assignments were ignored).
A side effect of the fix is that now certain errors in the config
files are now detected as such.

	cheers
	luigi