From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jun 30 19: 5:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from piglet.dstc.edu.au (piglet.dstc.edu.au [130.102.176.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E52814EFE; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:05:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ggm@dstc.edu.au) Received: from asuncion.dstc.edu.au (asuncion.dstc.edu.au [130.102.176.155]) by piglet.dstc.edu.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA32098; Thu, 1 Jul 1999 12:05:29 +1000 (EST) Received: from dstc.edu.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by asuncion.dstc.edu.au (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA02271; Thu, 1 Jul 1999 12:05:29 +1000 (EST) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: John Polstra Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Soft-updates sources are moving soon In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 30 Jun 1999 18:54:23 MST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 12:05:29 +1000 Message-ID: <2269.930794729@dstc.edu.au> From: George Michaelson Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Here is the 1-question FAQ: Q. These symbolic links are a pain. Why don't you just edit "src/sys/conf/files" appropriately? A. The license terms for soft-updates do not permit that. See the FreeBSD mailing list archives (the FreeBSD-current list, probably) for more details. Would it be legal under the licence to include a rule in some Makefile which did the damn things, but was not automatically invoked anywhere? o Seems to me this would preserve the fundamental "intentionality" of the desire to have, and enable the softupdates. Would it be legal to include in standard CVSUP configs rules which prevent loss of the links if installed? o I may be wrong, but I think I loose them when I refresh if some rules are present. -George -- George Michaelson | DSTC Pty Ltd Email: ggm@dstc.edu.au | University of Qld 4072 Phone: +61 7 3365 4310 | Australia Fax: +61 7 3365 4311 | http://www.dstc.edu.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message