From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Mar 19 05:10:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA20639 for bugs-outgoing; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 05:10:04 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA20633; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 05:10:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 05:10:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199703191310.FAA20633@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: Drew Derbyshire Subject: Re: conf/3031: 'cd /usr/src ; make reinstall' doesn't update /stand Reply-To: Drew Derbyshire Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR conf/3031; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Drew Derbyshire To: Joerg Wunsch 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