From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 7 20:50:08 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 011A5106566B for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 20:50:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE76B8FC13 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 20:50:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pB7Ko7SE011705 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 20:50:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id pB7Ko7Ue011704; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 20:50:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 20:50:07 GMT Message-Id: <201112072050.pB7Ko7Ue011704@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org From: Manolis Kiagias Cc: Subject: Re: docs/163102: linprocfs mounted in wrong location in Handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Manolis Kiagias List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:50:08 -0000 The following reply was made to PR docs/163102; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Manolis Kiagias To: Kevin Baxter Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/163102: linprocfs mounted in wrong location in Handbook Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:48:36 +0200 On 7/12/2011 8:38 μμ, Kevin Baxter wrote: > >> If it happens that 9.0 installs into /compat, we should either add >> this to the documentation or file a PR so that either the linux_base >> package or bsdinstall creates the link. >> But from the current PR it seems the OP was using 8.2-RELEASE which >> should not exhibit this. > > > I'm using a ZFS root, so I used the wiki's RootOnZFS page to install > (which doesn't use sysinstall, and doesn't mention /compat). > Ah, that explains it then. We could add this info to the wiki or just change the Handbook to /compat instead of /usr/compat since this will work in all cases anyway. I'm more inclined to do the latter (maybe with an additional note on custom installs). > So is this a case of a non-standard installation being unsupported? > Should the wiki be changed to include that symlink? Or should one of > the install scripts be changed to make the symlink? > As it happens, bsdinstall on 9.0-RC3 still won't make the link so /compat is again created as a directory rather than a symlink. The default installation now uses a single UFS partition for everything rather than the legacy slice with /tmp /usr/ /var etc. so the probability of installing something on / and going out of disk space is minimal (but not zero, as someone may still opt to use MBR partitions and linux_base needs about 140 Mb of space). A PR for bsdinstall(8) for this is probably a good idea.