Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:25:00 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: /usr/obj and releases Message-ID: <200606131025.01273.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <448AC0FF.5060804@freebsd.org> References: <448AC0FF.5060804@freebsd.org>
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On Saturday 10 June 2006 08:54, Colin Percival wrote:
> In src/etc/mtree/BSD.usr.dist, it says that /usr/obj should exist:
> 41 obj nochange
> However, in src/release/Makefile, the doTARBALL specifically avoids
> putting /usr/obj into a tarball, with the result that it will not
> be extracted during release installation:
> 1114 tar --exclude CVS --exclude obj --exclude BOOTMFS -cf - ${ARG} | \
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>=20
> This discrepancy has existed since March 1995, so I'm guessing that
> it isn't a mistake -- but can someone explain the reason for this?
Probably because not all boxes need /usr/obj. /usr/ports doesn't exist
after a new install (if you don't install the ports tarball) either.
Ask phk@ as he added the change. :)
=2D-=20
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