From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 13 14:25:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D81D816A41B; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:25:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26B8B43D7F; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:25:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from zion.baldwin.cx (zion.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.7]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5DEP29i023298; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:25:08 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:25:00 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <448AC0FF.5060804@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <448AC0FF.5060804@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200606131025.01273.jhb@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.1]); Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:25:08 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1537/Tue Jun 13 07:24:06 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: Colin Percival Subject: Re: /usr/obj and releases X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:25:15 -0000 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 John Baldwin =A0<>< =A0http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" =A0=3D =A0http://www.FreeBSD.org