From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 11 14:24:21 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4054106566B; Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:24:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de (mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de [217.11.53.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 572608FC14; Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:24:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (p5796C7AB.dip.t-dialin.net [87.150.199.171]) by mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3530E84400D; Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:24:08 +0100 (CET) Received: from unknown (IO.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.12]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 834E757CC; Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:24:05 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:24:05 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Nathan Whitehorn Message-ID: <20111211152405.000045b5@unknown> In-Reply-To: <4EE3CF42.6000703@freebsd.org> References: <201112072132.pB7LW6Aa042461@repoman.freebsd.org> <20111210214025.0000445d@unknown> <4EE3C9C8.9050709@FreeBSD.org> <4EE3CF42.6000703@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10cvs7 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i586-pc-mingw32msvc) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-EBL-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-EBL-MailScanner-ID: 3530E84400D.AED19 X-EBL-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-EBL-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, spamhaus-ZEN, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-1, required 6, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.00) X-EBL-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-EBL-MailScanner-Watermark: 1324218248.5885@8DKs5O1PGnj8e1VelVl7Dw X-EBL-Spam-Status: No Cc: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, re@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, emulation@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Manolis Kiagias Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop chapter.sgml doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu chapter.sgml X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: **OBSOLETE** CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:24:22 -0000 On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:29:38 -0600 Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > On 12/10/11 15:06, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > > On 10/12/2011 10:40 =CE=BC=CE=BC, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > >> On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 21:32:06 +0000 (UTC) Manolis Kiagias > >> wrote: > >> > >> CCing re@, emulation@ and nwhitehorn@ due to a possible impact in > >> the upcomming release. > >> > >>> Modified files: > >>> en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop chapter.sgml > >>> en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu chapter.sgml > >>> Log: > >>> Use /compat/linux/proc instead of /usr/compat/linux/proc as the > >>> mount point of linproc in the examples, since: > >>> > >>> - linux_base always installs to /compat and creates it as a > >>> directory if it does not exist as a symlink > >>> - Custom installations (not done by sysinstall(8)) may not > >>> have /compat at all > >>> - The linuxemu chapter uses /compat anyway (except a single > >>> example, fixed) > >>> - The new bsdinstall(8) does not create /compat either as > >>> directory or symlink > >> Looks like a bug in bsdinstall (and linux_base) to me. What you > >> write here means that a new release with bsdinstall instead of > >> sysinstall may cause problems where /compat is in a small > >> partition and /usr in a big partition (even if it creates a big > >> one by default, an user may change this). I suggest to fix > >> bsdinstall before the release of 9.0. It also changes what is > >> expected by long-term users. > > > > Yes, this was discussed in the PR (see=20 > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2011-December/019270.htm= l=20 > > ). I think the best and safer way would be for bsdinstall to create=20 > > the link if possible. >=20 > This is very easy to do, and the correct place is in=20 > /usr/src/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/config. I don't have a good > sense of what the correct logic is, however, and so would appreciate > either guidance or patches from emulation-types. mkdir /usr/compat ln -s /usr/compat /compat To be checked (maybe): can or are parts of this already handled in mtree files? - Is /usr/compat already in a mtree file and if not why not? - Can the link be handled in a mtree file and if yes, should it be added there instead? Bye, Alexander. --=20 http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137