Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:52:09 -0800 From: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/sbin/sysinstall for -stable (cvs commit: src/release/sy Message-ID: <20020312215209.GT7036@freebsdmall.com> In-Reply-To: <200203121832.g2CIWUs25950@bmah.dyndns.org> References: <200203120130.MAA17703@lightning.itga.com.au> <20020312140950.GB1577@raggedclown.net> <200203121832.g2CIWUs25950@bmah.dyndns.org>
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On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 10:32:30AM -0800, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > /stand/sysinstall is the crunched binary that you get on the > installation media. It is never updated with an installworld. As far > as I can tell, this is true even on -CURRENT systems. Yes. /stand/sysinstall is copied over from the boot media to the filesystem as part of the installation procedure. On RELENG_4 systems, sysinstall is not a part of the 'bin' dist. > /usr/sbin/sysinstall exists only on -CURRENT. It is a "normal", > dynamically-linked executable that *does* get updated with a buildworld/ > installworld. Yes. > Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing sysinstall moved either...it makes > doing MFCs easier. :-) /stand/sysinstall is hard coded as a backup init if /sbin/init is broken. I don't think that we want to update /stand/sysinstall, since it is a backup of the known-working version of sysinstall that was used to install the system. John originally asked for the repo-copy in -CURRENT. Maybe he can comment about plans for sysinstall in -STABLE? - Murray To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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