Subject: Re: etcupdate devices rebuild
To: Current Users <current-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Alan Barrett <apb@cequrux.com>
List: current-users
Date: 01/09/2008 09:27:57
On Wed, 09 Jan 2008, Sarton O'Brien wrote:
> Seeing this for the first time when opting in to rebuild devices with
> etcupdate:
>
> pax: Unable to copy ././ipstate, file would overwrite itself
> pax: Unable to copy ././ipauth, file would overwrite itself
[...]
> Is this expected?
This seems to be a consequence of the way MAKEDEV now uses pax
to create devices. I think it's harmless, but it should be fixed
somehow.
--apb (Alan Barrett)