Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 08:31:36 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r229474 - in stable/8/sys: boot/common boot/forth conf kern Message-ID: <201201040831.36693.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAE-mSOJVvmQQFWSwQsvHaG_0LnsY3Re%2BX5un6c=R0YxKuS2N2g@mail.gmail.com> References: <201201041248.q04CmOti078405@svn.freebsd.org> <201201040754.50457.jhb@freebsd.org> <CAE-mSOJVvmQQFWSwQsvHaG_0LnsY3Re%2BX5un6c=R0YxKuS2N2g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wednesday, January 04, 2012 8:09:51 am Sergey Kandaurov wrote: > On 4 January 2012 16:54, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Wednesday, January 04, 2012 7:48:24 am Sergey Kandaurov wrote: > >> Author: pluknet > >> Date: Wed Jan 4 12:48:24 2012 > >> New Revision: 229474 > >> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/229474 > >> > >> Log: > >> MFC r226833,r227056: > >> > >> Remove the long reprecated ``/stand/sysinstall'' from the init_path. > > > > Uh, you need to revert this or 8.3 won't install. > > So, /stand was removed exactly 5.3 timeframe. I see no reason > why we still should reference it 3 major versions later. > Please correct me if I'm wrong. > > http://www.mavetju.org/mail/view_message.php?list=freebsd-arch&id=1749748 That only stops making a copy of it from the MFS root onto the installed system. The entry in the init path is to allow the MFS root to boot during an install. If you go grab the mfsroot from 8.2-RELEASE and mount it via mdconfig you will find that it has no /sbin/init file. Instead, it uses /stand/sysinstall as its init. -- John Baldwin
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