Solved: Problem with /etc/rc.local

[jbudd]

My recent installations of Raspbian September 2017 Stretch with desktop all seem to have a spurious new line in /etc/rc.local

# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "chmod 777 /dev/ttyAMA0
exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.

It doesn't stop the Pi from booting but since Bash throws an error my startup programs won't run.

Is this a bug in the release or something I'm doing wrong?

[pcmanbob]

This is a copy of rc.local from a fresh install of stretch with desktop dated 2017-09-07

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#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.

# Print the IP address
_IP=$(hostname -I) || true
if [ "$_IP" ]; then
  printf "My IP address is %s\n" "$_IP"
fi

exit 0

looks OK to me, if you have some thing different then I suggest you caused it while you were editing it.

if you cant see your error try posting a copy of your file using code tags to preserve formatting.

[jbudd]

It was an error in the Pi setup script I use.