Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 00:15:28 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: vendors@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile Message-ID: <20030722211528.GA96342@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20030722150559.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <20030722185621.GD80514@sunbay.com> <XFMail.20030722150559.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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--azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Here we go. Dear vendors, could you please publish your position on the below item? On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 03:05:59PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: >=20 > On 22-Jul-2003 Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 02:46:00PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > >> >> >> On Tuesday 22 July 2003 05:04 am, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > >> >> >> > ru 2003/07/22 02:04:09 PDT > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > FreeBSD src repository > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > Modified files: > >> >> >> > release Makefile > >> >> >> > Log: > >> >> >> > /floppies/boot.flp is no longer necessary on bootable i386 C= D-ROMs. > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > Forgotten by: jhb > >> >> >>=20 > >> >> >> I left it there so that people can choose which method they want= to use > >> >> >> to make bootable CD's. It was intentional, not a bug. The meth= od is > >> >> >> chosen at mkisofs invocation time, not when laying out the hiera= rchy. > >> >> >>=20 > >> >> > How they can choose it? > >> >>=20 > >> >> They don't use MAKE_ISOS and invoke mkisofs on their own. I have n= ever > >> >> used MAKE_ISOS when building a release and have always used my own = buildreliso > >> >> script. > >> >> =20 > >> > So you agree there's no sense to keep the boot.flp on the second > >> > CD-ROM image in official version? Your own script can take care > >> > of copying it to the CD-ROM if necessary. > >>=20 > >> No, my intention was to allow distributors like FreeBSD Mall, > >> BSD Mall, etc. to easily choose which method they wanted to use. > >> I.e., if they weren't comfortable with cdboot, they could still roll > >> an ISO from the same tree using boot.flp without having to jump > >> through hoops. However, if no one wants to use boot.flp anymore, > >> then it should be removed outright since 2.88 floppies don't "really" > >> exist in a useful fashion. > >>=20 > > Murray, Chern, that's your call then. Would you like me to revert > > this change? Do you need the /floppies/boot.flp on the 1st and > > 2nd i386 CD-ROMs? >=20 > The vendors@ list might be the best place to ask. --=20 Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software Ltd, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/HalwUkv4P6juNwoRAnocAJsHpm7QkKns+R6sQDOA2U3alk/OhgCfRPVA spTaM+vWFAGvs9KIbda3Faw= =p9LZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU--
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