Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:24:05 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, re@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, emulation@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Manolis Kiagias <manolis@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop chapter.sgml doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu chapter.sgml 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>
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On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:29:38 -0600 Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> 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 > >> <manolis@FreeBSD.org> 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
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