"/usr/bin/getopt" has size 0 bytes after upgrade to 5.1 !!

From: <Maurice.Steyvers_at_ICTS.UNIMAAS.NL>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:10:50 +0100

Hi,

I've upgraded an Alpha 2100 from 4.0E to 5.1 (steps were 4.0e -> 4.0f ->
5.0a -> 5.1).

After these subsequent upgrades i noticed that boot procedure stopped after
"Unlocking ptys" was printed on the console. A "control-c" made the boot
continue. It appeared that the /sbin/init.d/sendmail script got stuck in a
while loop because a failure of argument processing with the command
/usr/bin/getopt.
Then i looked at /usr/bin/getopt an saw the following:

# ls -al /usr/bin/getopt*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bin bin 0 Jan 22 1999 /usr/bin/getopt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bin bin 1314 Aug 25 2000 /usr/bin/getopts

Somehow during the upgrade the /usr/bin/getopt command got lost. The upgrade
logfiles (/var/adm/smlogs) showed nothing about getopt being overwritten or
something. I can't recall at which upgrade step the problem was introduced.

Am i the only one who is suffering from this ? What might have happened here
???


Maurice.


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