Re: wrong rc.subr on arm64 14.4-stable

John F Carr <[email protected]> Tue, 12 May 2026 01:21:49 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.arm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I had a similar problem or the same problem on an ARM server upgrading to 14.4.  I forget the exact name of the missing command that prevented going multi-user.  I assumed I had overlooked an error during "make install" reinstalled the rc files.

John Carr

> On May 11, 2026, at 19:08, bob prohaska <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> A Pi4 upgraded via source to 14.4-stable failed to reach multi-usser
> after upgrade, reporting that run_rc_scripts wasn't found.
> 
> Eventually it developed that replacing /etc/rc.subr with a version from 
> -current fixed the problem. This lesson came from a forum post:
> https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/updating-to-15-0-with-source.102467/
> 
> I never tampered with /etc/rc.subr and used etcupdate -p after buildworld
> followed by etcupdate after installworld. Might this have been caused by
> not using etcupdate -B following installworld? There were no merge conflicts
> and /etc/rc.subr was dated the same day as the install.
> 
> Thanks for reading!
> 
> bob prohaska
> 
> 
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