On 2025-10-29, obsd@mulh.net <obsd@mulh.net> 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..
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