Re: these symbols in rc.conf not properly set - messages

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 22:52:20 +0100 (CET), Christoph Kukulies
<kuku_at_www.kukulies.org> wrote:
> During the past world builds from -current (built
> -current world and kernel just a couple of minutes before in a running
> 6.0 system of November 2004 - it was a hitch)
> 
> Only in the past and now I'm getting more and more these
> messages that something in rc.conf is not properly set.
> 
> How do I get rid from these best?
> 
> /etc/rc: WARNING: $postfix is not set properly - see rc.conf(5).
> /etc/rc: WARNING: $poffd is not set properly - see rc.conf(5).
> /etc/rc: WARNING: $ndbootd is not set properly - see rc.conf(5).
> Starting default moused:.
> /etc/rc: WARNING: $lkm is not set properly - see rc.conf(5).
> Starting inetd.
> /etc/rc: WARNING: $ifwatchd is not set properly - see rc.conf(5).
> /etc/rc: WARNING: $gated is not set properly - see rc.conf(5).
> DAEMON: not found
> /etc/rc.d/Makefile: /etc/rc.d: Permission denied
> /etc/rc.d/Makefile: 45: Syntax error: newline unexpected
> 
Some how your /etc/rc.d directory is messed up, as you have extra
files in there (i.e "Makefile" shouldn't be there).

Do the following:
cd /etc
mv rc.d rc.d-old
mkdir rc.d
mergemaster

Scot