Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 14:08:02 -0400 (EDT) From: "Adrian T. Filipi-Martin" <atf3r@stretch.cs.virginia.edu> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Dmitry Kohmanyuk <dk@rock.lot.kiev.ua>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Congrats on CURRENT 5/1 SNAP... Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.90.960521140323.24787F-100000@stretch.cs.Virginia.edu> In-Reply-To: <416.832678726@time.cdrom.com>
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On Tue, 21 May 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > I tell you, that having a /stand saved me a hell lot of time when > > putting bad memory chips in my server box trashed my /bin directory > > I think we should be careful to distinguish between "/stand, the > directory" and "/stand, the concept" :-) > > As it currently, erm, stands I don't think /stand should survive. The > question of how to make "emergency rescue directories" for those who > like safety belts then becomes an entirely separate issue, and one I > think better solved by something as simple as a package which whaps > some carefully chosen rescue binaries in /stand (or whatever rescue > path strikes peoples fancy). > > Jordan /stand or whatever replaces it should be installed by default. It's only a 1.5M space investment. If it's an optional package, it may be too late to install it, when you realise you need it. If you don't want it, you should have to actively get rid of it. Adrian adrian@virginia.edu ---->>>>| Support your local programmer, System Administrator --->>>| STOP Software Patent Abuses NOW! NVL, NIIMS and Telemedicine Labs -->>| For an application and information Member: League for Programming Freedom ->| see: http://www.lpf.org/
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