Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:10:20 GMT From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/87351: Jail building instructions don't work as described with default CSH shell Message-ID: <200510230010.j9N0AKEc038996@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/87351; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: "Eli K. Breen" <bsd@unixforge.net> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/87351: Jail building instructions don't work as described with default CSH shell Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 20:32:32 +0300 On 2005-10-13 00:05, "Eli K. Breen" <bsd@unixforge.net> wrote: > Building jails does not work as perscribed in the man (8) jail > docs. The default shell for root on a new and stock FreeBSD box is > csh, the instruction include the line: > > D=/path/to/your/jail > > ..which does not work under csh, this returns a Command Not Found error. > switch to csh, try to build a jail using the supplied instructions > from the jail(8) manpage. > user@box# csh > user@box# D=/path/to/your/jail > D=/path/to/your/jail: Command not found. > user@box# > jail manpage currently reads: > > D=/here/is/the/jail > cd /usr/src > mkdir -p $D > make world DESTDIR=$D > cd etc > make distribution DESTDIR=$D > mount_devfs devfs $D/dev > cd $D > ln -sf dev/null kernel > > ..and should read: > > set D=/here/is/the/jail > cd /usr/src > mkdir -p $D > make world DESTDIR=$D > cd etc > make distribution DESTDIR=$D > mount_devfs devfs $D/dev > cd $D > ln -sf dev/null kernel > > .. or specify that the instructions do not work under csh. I'd certainly support adding a note that these commands work fine fror sh(1) and other Bourne shells. Then we can probably add another set of commands for csh, if that seems nice to have.
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