Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:53:10 +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: <20111211215310.00007e2f@unknown> In-Reply-To: <4EE4DC95.5030706@freebsd.org> References: <201112072132.pB7LW6Aa042461@repoman.freebsd.org> <20111210214025.0000445d@unknown> <4EE3C9C8.9050709@FreeBSD.org> <4EE3CF42.6000703@freebsd.org> <20111211152405.000045b5@unknown> <4EE4DC95.5030706@freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:38:45 -0600 Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 12/11/11 08:24, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > > 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 > >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2011-December/019270.h= tml > >>> ). I think the best and safer way would be for bsdinstall to > >>> create the link if possible. > >> This is very easy to do, and the correct place is in > >> /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? > > >=20 > /usr/compat is not currently part of anything. There's also the > problem that the user may not actually want it on /usr (e.g. if /usr > is read-only or small). I think that for the purposes of 9.0, your=20 > suggested patch will do the job, but longer-term, moving them to=20 > LOCALBASE seems better. But that's my two cents. Personally I do not care much where the linux-bits are located in the FS. As long as we keep the /compat link, it should work (kernel and ports look in /compat/linux). 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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