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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.  :-)
 
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