docs/108101: /boot/default/loader.conf contains an incorrect comment
Brad Davis
brd at FreeBSD.org
Tue Sep 7 20:41:26 UTC 2010
On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 02:54:27PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 07, 2010 12:52:25 pm Brad Davis wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 08:30:25AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> > > On Monday, September 06, 2010 11:50:07 am Brad Davis wrote:
> > > > The following reply was made to PR docs/108101; it has been noted by GNATS.
> > > >
> > > > From: Brad Davis <brd at FreeBSD.org>
> > > > To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
> > > > Cc:
> > > > Subject: Re: docs/108101: /boot/default/loader.conf contains an incorrect
> > > > comment
> > > > Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 09:12:57 -0600
> > > >
> > > > Confirmed.
> > > >
> > > > Trying to find out if we can fix the loader, rather than remove the
> > > > comment.
> > >
> > > Does it work properly if you use beastie_disable="YES" in loader.conf?
> >
> > It does.
>
> Hmm, presumably it is a regression in beastie.4th then. Unfortunately I do
> not know Forth at all. Something like this might work:
>
> Index: beastie.4th
> ===================================================================
> --- beastie.4th (revision 212292)
> +++ beastie.4th (working copy)
> @@ -241,6 +241,10 @@
> 10
> else
> 0 0 2swap >number drop drop drop
> + dup -1 = if
> + exit
> + then
> + drop
> then
> begin
> dup tkey
>
> (I would test this via PXE or some such at first so you can easily back this
> out if it fubar's the boot process.)
I tested it and it seems to ignore it and start counting down anyways.
Regards,
Brad Davis
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