Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 21:56:21 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Chern Lee <chern@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile Message-ID: <20030722185621.GD80514@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20030722144600.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <20030722183959.GB80514@sunbay.com> <XFMail.20030722144600.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 02:46:00PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > >> >> On Tuesday 22 July 2003 05:04 am, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > >> >> > ru 2003/07/22 02:04:09 PDT > >> >> > > >> >> > FreeBSD src repository > >> >> > > >> >> > Modified files: > >> >> > release Makefile > >> >> > Log: > >> >> > /floppies/boot.flp is no longer necessary on bootable i386 CD-ROMs. > >> >> > > >> >> > Forgotten by: jhb > >> >> > >> >> I left it there so that people can choose which method they want to use > >> >> to make bootable CD's. It was intentional, not a bug. The method is > >> >> chosen at mkisofs invocation time, not when laying out the hierarchy. > >> >> > >> > How they can choose it? > >> > >> They don't use MAKE_ISOS and invoke mkisofs on their own. I have never > >> used MAKE_ISOS when building a release and have always used my own buildreliso > >> script. > >> > > So you agree there's no sense to keep the boot.flp on the second > > CD-ROM image in official version? Your own script can take care > > of copying it to the CD-ROM if necessary. > > No, my intention was to allow distributors like FreeBSD Mall, > BSD Mall, etc. to easily choose which method they wanted to use. > I.e., if they weren't comfortable with cdboot, they could still roll > an ISO from the same tree using boot.flp without having to jump > through hoops. However, if no one wants to use boot.flp anymore, > then it should be removed outright since 2.88 floppies don't "really" > exist in a useful fashion. > Murray, Chern, that's your call then. Would you like me to revert this change? Do you need the /floppies/boot.flp on the 1st and 2nd i386 CD-ROMs? Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software Ltd, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/HYjVUkv4P6juNwoRAhLsAJ9EjGJf64fe1QWp1UC2Q5+WB3UbrACdFm9Z Fs2h2InkJIbCySDVclZ/cU0= =M3s/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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