Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 14:27:20 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Subject: Re: [CFR] /sys/miscfs/* -> /sys/fs/ Message-ID: <XFMail.010523142720.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3B0C21BA.D73C026B@DougBarton.net>
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On 23-May-01 Doug Barton wrote: > Sheldon Hearn wrote: >> >> On Tue, 22 May 2001 20:04:48 +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> >> > >ext2fs would go in fs/gnu/ext2fs (or is it gnu/fs/ext2fs?). Ugh. >> > >> > it would be src/sys/gnu/fs/ext2fs or src/sys/contrib/fs/ext2fs >> >> Is it feasible to keep this consistent with userland by putting the >> source in src/sys/contrib and the build infrastructure in src/sys/gnu? > > That's an abomination all its own. Way back when /usr/src/gnu was used > (essentially) just like /usr/src/contrib, with all of the code there and > the build stuff in the "normal" place in the tree. It's hard to say at this > point what's the best way to fix the current silliness, but perpetuating it > definitely shouldn't be an option. There is no build infrastructure part in the kernel. You just have the code. Right now the difference between gnu and contrib is the GPL part. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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