Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 12:05:29 +1000 From: George Michaelson <ggm@dstc.edu.au> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Soft-updates sources are moving soon Message-ID: <2269.930794729@dstc.edu.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 30 Jun 1999 18:54:23 MST." <XFMail.990630185423.jdp@polstra.com>
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Here is the 1-question FAQ: Q. These symbolic links are a pain. Why don't you just edit "src/sys/conf/files" appropriately? A. The license terms for soft-updates do not permit that. See the FreeBSD mailing list archives (the FreeBSD-current list, probably) for more details. Would it be legal under the licence to include a rule in some Makefile which did the damn things, but was not automatically invoked anywhere? o Seems to me this would preserve the fundamental "intentionality" of the desire to have, and enable the softupdates. Would it be legal to include in standard CVSUP configs rules which prevent loss of the links if installed? o I may be wrong, but I think I loose them when I refresh if some rules are present. -George -- George Michaelson | DSTC Pty Ltd Email: ggm@dstc.edu.au | University of Qld 4072 Phone: +61 7 3365 4310 | Australia Fax: +61 7 3365 4311 | http://www.dstc.edu.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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