Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 05:10:02 -0800 (PST) From: Drew Derbyshire <ahd@kew.com> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: conf/3031: 'cd /usr/src ; make reinstall' doesn't update /stand Message-ID: <199703191310.FAA20633@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/3031; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Drew Derbyshire <ahd@kew.com> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/3031: 'cd /usr/src ; make reinstall' doesn't update /stand Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 08:03:47 -0500 J Wunsch wrote: > As Drew Derbyshire wrote: > > > If the target system is regenerated from a friendly > > NFS mounted source, /stand is not regenerated. This > > leads to problems in particular if the wrong version > > of sysinstall is run on the new system. > > /stand is never reinstalled, NFS or not, there isn't even a source > directory for it. It should not be rebuilt either, it's merely a > bootstrapping aid by the installation tools. > > sysadm (the post-installation sysinstall) doesn't belong into /stand, > it rather belongs into /usr/sbin, and it should be kept as a regular > shared linked binary there, as opposed to a multi-megabyte blurb > containing the kitchensink and all. I agree. But, explain _that_ to the default /etc/motd on 2.1.x and 2.2, which gracefully points the luser to /stand. :-) -- Internet: ahd@kew.com Voice: 617-279-9810 Windows NT - From the people who brought you EDLIN
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