boot menu's kernel chooser always lists kernel.old

[Idwer Vollering]

2014-05-27 18:50 GMT+02:00 Devin Teske <devin at shxd.cx>:
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>> On May 24, 2014, at 1:42 PM, Idwer Vollering <vidwer at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 2014-05-24 22:41 GMT+02:00 Idwer Vollering <vidwer at gmail.com>:
>>> When trying to boot /boot/kernel.old/kernel while the directory
>>> kernel.old is absent, this text is shown: "error while including
>>> /boot/menu.rc, in the line:
>>> menu-display".
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>> Forgot to include build details, here they are: FreeBSD 10-STABLE r266623
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> Simple... don't try to boot kernel.old if it doesn't exist.
> If you are unsure if it exists, don't select it. If you select
> It and get the aforementioned error, it doesn't exist.

kernel.old does not exist on this installation.

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> There is no seatbelt for the kernel selection menu.
> It displays the kernels listed (separated by white
> space or comma) in the $kernels environment var
> which defaults to "kernel kernel.old" in the file
> /boot/defaults/loader.conf (you can override the
> value by setting kernels in /boot/loader.conf

Correct, however $kernels is commented out:

$ grep -i kernels= /boot/loader.conf /boot/defaults/loader.conf
/boot/defaults/loader.conf:#kernels="kernel kernel.old" # Kernels to
display in the boot menu

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> So if you really didn't want kernel.old to be shown
> you can add kernels=kernel to /boot/loader.conf
>
> But should you suddenly create a kernel.old, the
> value will need adjusting to show it as an option
> once-again.
>
> The value of kernels is not dynamically driven
> but must be manually maintained either by a
> script or a Human.
> --
> Devin

Idwer