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       "Re: login.c environ=envinit ?" (May 15,  3:03pm)
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> I am still reluctant to upgrade it to 2.0 mostly because of the disk
> slice code (I'm still running my own idea of what that should be like
> and it works except in the OnTrack case, but I can ignore that).

It's possible/probable that most of the new stuff will work as well.

> I'm
> a little hesitant to risk 4G of disk contents (even though it is backed
> up doubly to QIC tape), both because my house isn't well net-connected
> and because I don't have a CDROM to fix things in case of problems.

Would a 2.0.5 CD change your mind?

> Not
> to mention that I'll have to throw out or rewrite a lot of file system
> and networking and internationalization code to get back to where I am
> today.

Unfortunately, that code is going to have to be re-written in *any* case
if you want that code to ever become part of a BSD release.

The longer you put it off, the harder it will be to bring it into
-current.


Nate