From owner-cvs-usrbin Wed Feb 1 01:00:59 1995 Return-Path: cvs-usrbin-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id BAA26656 for cvs-usrbin-outgoing; Wed, 1 Feb 1995 01:00:59 -0800 Received: from sequent.kiae.su (sequent.kiae.su [144.206.136.6]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id BAA26636; Wed, 1 Feb 1995 01:00:33 -0800 Received: by sequent.kiae.su id AA09990 (5.65.kiae-2 ); Wed, 1 Feb 1995 11:48:18 +0300 Received: by sequent.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Wed, 1 Feb 95 11:48:17 +0300 Received: (from ache@localhost) by astral.msk.su (8.6.8/8.6.6) id LAA00822; Wed, 1 Feb 1995 11:43:27 +0300 To: CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-usrbin@freefall.cdrom.com, Bill Paul References: <199502010555.VAA23181@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: <199502010555.VAA23181@freefall.cdrom.com>; from Bill Paul at Tue, 31 Jan 1995 21:55:21 -0800 Message-Id: Organization: Olahm Ha-Yetzirah Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 11:43:26 +0300 X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.31 FreeBSD] From: "Andrew A. Chernov, Black Mage" X-Class: Fast Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/passwd Makefile Lines: 21 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1034 Sender: cvs-usrbin-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In message <199502010555.VAA23181@freefall.cdrom.com> Bill Paul writes: >wpaul 95/01/31 21:55:20 > Modified: usr.bin/passwd Makefile > Log: > Changed passwd/yppasswd's Makefile to create all symbolic links instead > of hard links: since passwd is installed immutable, an attempt to make > a hard link to it during a 'make install' would fail. I didn't notice > this conflict because my /usr directory is an NFS filesystem mounted from a > SunOS server, so the special file mode flags had no effecti when I tested > everything on my machine. Live and learn. I think, this way can conflict with eBones passwd which installed as /usr/bin/passwd too. Symbolic link of yppasswd will point to eBones passwd which can't YP. -- Andrew A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - FidoNet: 2:5020/230.3 : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849