From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Jan 12 12:40:13 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6F3837B41A for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 12:40:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0CKe7S42765; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 12:40:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 12:40:07 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200201122040.g0CKe7S42765@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Alan Eldridge Subject: Re: ports/33818: Bootable ITS image for KLH-10 PDP-10 emulator Reply-To: Alan Eldridge Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR ports/33818; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Alan Eldridge To: Ken Stailey Cc: FreeBSD Bugs Subject: Re: ports/33818: Bootable ITS image for KLH-10 PDP-10 emulator Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 15:38:50 -0500 On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 03:36:20PM -0500, Ken Stailey wrote: >image. Support files do not get modified during emulator execution. You >could put the emulator image under /var and use a symlink since it does >change as ITS runs. I tested this OK. Unfortuately, not that many >systems have enough /var space to do this I'd imagine. And ports shouldn't, in general, drop things into /var. Unless they're log files. Or mail/print spool. -- Alan Eldridge Pmmfmffmmfmp mmmpppppffmpmfpmpppff PmpMpmMpp ppfppp MpfpffmppmppMmpFmmMpm mfpmmmmmfpmpmpppff. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message