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Date:      Thu, 4 Jul 1996 14:14:58 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        proff@suburbia.net (Julian Assange)
Cc:        terry@lambert.org, joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu, jmb@freefall.freebsd.org, tom@sdf.com, jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, root@friday.keanesea.com, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What is the best way to setup a driver
Message-ID:  <199607042114.OAA13601@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199607040542.PAA00558@suburbia.net> from "Julian Assange" at Jul 4, 96 03:42:31 pm

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> > The "/etc" directory is not allowed to be other than on the root file
> > system, by definition.  That resolves the symlink problem.
> 
> This is not clear to me. Can you explain in more detail how this resolves
> the problem?

If /etc is not allowed to be a symlink, you do not have to worry about
the target of the link not being mounted.

One wonders how you would run /etc/rc to mount the volume with the link
target to get at the rc file without first running the rc file in any
case.

Patient: "Doctor, it hurts when I do this..."
Doctor:  "Don't do that."


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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