Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:17:51 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, keramida@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/87351: Jail building instructions don't work as described with default CSH shell Message-ID: <20051025191751.36c120f6.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20051024174054.GA7433@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <200510230010.j9N0AKEc038996@freefall.freebsd.org> <20051024174054.GA7433@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:40:54 -0700 Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 12:10:20AM +0000, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > 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. > > Shell examples are traditionally in sh. I'd really rather not see use > bloat every instance of them with a csh example. Users can always type > "sh". I'm inclined to agree with Brooks. -- Tom Rhodes
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