From owner-cvs-all Sun Feb 4 15:47:54 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from lists01.iafrica.com (lists01.iafrica.com [196.7.0.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 599B637B401 for ; Sun, 4 Feb 2001 15:47:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from nwl.fw.uunet.co.za ([196.31.2.162]) by lists01.iafrica.com with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #2) id 14PYsT-0002PY-00; Mon, 05 Feb 2001 01:47:29 +0200 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za (8.8.8/8.6.9) id BAA02253; Mon, 5 Feb 2001 01:46:38 +0200 (SAST) Received: by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za via recvmail id 2251; Mon Feb 5 01:46:38 2001 Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.fw.uunet.co.za) by axl.fw.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14PYre-000D0H-00; Mon, 05 Feb 2001 01:46:38 +0200 To: Mike Meyer Cc: Dima Dorfman , cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mdconfig config file (was: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERI C) In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 03 Feb 2001 01:39:48 CST." <14971.46532.626840.235620@guru.mired.org> Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 01:46:38 +0200 Message-ID: <49988.981330398@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> From: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 03 Feb 2001 01:39:48 CST, Mike Meyer wrote: > Looking at all the functionality needed, I think it was becase someone > wanted to avoid exec'ing programs, and putting it all in newfs caused > the least code duplication. Makes you wonder whether it's really worth trying to squeeze mdconfig(8) into the shoes that mount_*(8) wear so comfortably. I wish everyone would just accept that mount_mfs(8) was a bitch-hack from hell and shouldn't be reincarnated. Let the bad idea die in favour of the good idea. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message