Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 19:30:25 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com> Cc: mark@linus.demon.co.uk (Mark Valentine), "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.freebsd.org>, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-etc@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/root dot.Xdefaults dot.fvwmrc dot.xsession dot.cshrc dot.login Message-ID: <27919.817788625@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 30 Nov 1995 19:02:11 PST." <199512010302.TAA03907@precipice.shockwave.com>
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> Root is used for "standalone startup" once -- when you bring the system > up. It's much more important to have root be minimalistic so that when all > hell breaks loose (like you've shat over one of your partitions) you can get > in and working. Root should ideally not touch or require anything in /usr, But there's nothing I've done so far that would preclude that? It's only meaningful *if* you start an X server. Jordan
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