minfree flag in /etc/security/audit_control may prevent system boot

Originator:vch
Number:rdar://11722182 Date Originated:21-Jun-2012 03:05 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:Mac OS X Product Version:10.6+
Classification:Crash/Hang/Data Loss Reproducible:Yes
 
Summary: setting the minfree flag in /etc/security/audit_control to 0 prevents the system from booting

Steps to Reproduce: set minfree flag to 0

Expected Results: audit_warn is not fired based on free disk space

Actual Results: system does not boot with the following error:
com.apple.launchd 1 com.apple.launchctl.System 2 The system bootstrapper has crashed: Floating point exception.

Regression: affects 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 systems

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