Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 13:22:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> To: Ryan Sommers <ryans@gamersimpact.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removal of /stand Directory Message-ID: <20041023130921.I78665@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> In-Reply-To: <417A6C6B.6010109@gamersimpact.com> References: <4171F702.9020405@gamersimpact.com> <417A6C6B.6010109@gamersimpact.com>
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On Sat, 23 Oct 2004, Ryan Sommers wrote:
> The only thing that remains in the way of something like
> this is how to deal with initdiskless using stand. Three approaches I see are
> (ranked from worst to best):
>
> - Let the person setting up the diskless system figure it out themselves.
> - Remove support for using compressed archives for diskless md(4) templates.
Removal of functionality that is actually useful is never a good thing.
> - Use /rescue/tar and /rescue/gzip instead of /stand/cpio and /stand/gzip
> (why does diskless need /rescue?)
I'm with you on this one.
> - Move gzip to /bin and use /bin/gzip and /bin/pax to handle compressed
> archives (see arch@ thread for patch). Overall is a savings in /.
Frankly, having a file pointing to an inode with 135 links in /bin sort of
scares me. Putting a stand-alone version of gzip in /bin isn't going to
save any space in /.
> If there is anyone out there willing to test a few patches on a diskless
> system let me know via private email.
>
> Index: usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.359
> diff -u -r1.359 usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.c
> --- usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.c 30 Aug 2004 21:03:09 -0000 1.359
> +++ usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.c 21 Oct 2004 17:30:02 -0000
> @@ -850,6 +850,9 @@
> /* BOGON #5: aliases database not build for bin */
> vsystem("newaliases");
>
> + /* BOGON #6: Remove /stand (finally) */
> + vsystem("rm -rf /stand");
A better fix would be to convert the 25 lines in sysinstall that refer to
"/stand" over to the rescue directory. This makes for a cleaner install
process.
My $0.02.
Andy
| Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant >
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