Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 05:54:41 +0900 (JST) From: dcs@newsguy.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: kern/9406: old loader ought to be preserved on install Message-ID: <199901092054.FAA01313@localhost.ocn.ne.jp>
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>Number: 9406 >Category: kern >Synopsis: /boot/loader is always overwritten on install >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Jan 9 13:00:01 PST 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Daniel C. Sobral >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: Three stage boot loader installation. >Description: make install on sys/boot will always overwrite /boot/loader. The new loader might not be as critical as a kernel, but it would still be a help saving it just in case. >How-To-Repeat: cd /sys/boot make install >Fix: Apply the following patch: --- sys/boot/i386/loader/Makefile.orig Sun Jan 10 05:43:16 1999 +++ sys/boot/i386/loader/Makefile Sun Jan 10 05:49:11 1999 @@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ perl ${.CURDIR}/../../common/merge_help.pl ${.ALLSRC} > ${.TARGET} beforeinstall: +.if exists(${DESTDIR}/boot/loader) + mv ${DESTDIR}/boot/loader ${DESTDIR}/boot/loader.old +.endif .if exists(${.OBJDIR}/loader.help) ${INSTALL} -C -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m 444 \ ${.OBJDIR}/${BASE}.help ${DESTDIR}/boot >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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