On 2025-10-29, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Before you start ignoring the insecurity emails you might > just want to add the following to /etc/rc.local > > touch -r /dev/sd0a /dev/rrootdisk /dev/rootdisk > > This will silence the false emails. /etc/rc still creates > the files as needed and you'll still get notified if the > rootdisk file does change and point to a new device. > > No bug report filed as the developers have already fixed > it in current (/etc/rc only creates the files if changed). > But since this is just an "extra emails" issue there won't > be any patch for it to fix -release. > > If you are more daring, grab a snapshot and copy "rc,v 1.587 > 2025/10/21" to replace the "rc,v 1.586 2025/09/17" included > in release 7.8. The only change is the rootdisk fix. > Now you'll get "Thou shall not change system files" emails.
replacing rc might be better than an rc.local addition that you'll forget about later.. -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
