From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 21 11:08:27 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA14373 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 21 May 1996 11:08:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from virginia.edu (mars.itc.Virginia.EDU [128.143.2.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA14368 for ; Tue, 21 May 1996 11:08:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from archive.cs.virginia.edu by mail.virginia.edu id aa10521; 21 May 96 14:08 EDT Received: from stretch.cs.Virginia.edu (atf3r@stretch-fo.cs.Virginia.EDU [128.143.136.14]) by archive.cs.Virginia.EDU (8.7.1/8.6.6) with SMTP id OAA07480; Tue, 21 May 1996 14:08:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: by stretch.cs.Virginia.edu (4.1/SMI-2.0) id AA29818; Tue, 21 May 96 14:08:02 EDT Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 14:08:02 -0400 (EDT) From: "Adrian T. Filipi-Martin" Reply-To: adrian@virginia.edu To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Dmitry Kohmanyuk , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Congrats on CURRENT 5/1 SNAP... In-Reply-To: <416.832678726@time.cdrom.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 21 May 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > I tell you, that having a /stand saved me a hell lot of time when > > putting bad memory chips in my server box trashed my /bin directory > > I think we should be careful to distinguish between "/stand, the > directory" and "/stand, the concept" :-) > > As it currently, erm, stands I don't think /stand should survive. The > question of how to make "emergency rescue directories" for those who > like safety belts then becomes an entirely separate issue, and one I > think better solved by something as simple as a package which whaps > some carefully chosen rescue binaries in /stand (or whatever rescue > path strikes peoples fancy). > > Jordan /stand or whatever replaces it should be installed by default. It's only a 1.5M space investment. If it's an optional package, it may be too late to install it, when you realise you need it. If you don't want it, you should have to actively get rid of it. Adrian adrian@virginia.edu ---->>>>| Support your local programmer, System Administrator --->>>| STOP Software Patent Abuses NOW! NVL, NIIMS and Telemedicine Labs -->>| For an application and information Member: League for Programming Freedom ->| see: http://www.lpf.org/