Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 18:41:49 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> Cc: ncvs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: src/sbin/routed doesn't store code in src/contrib/ Message-ID: <200406221841.49271.peter@wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <20040622212723.GB762@empiric.dek.spc.org> References: <20040622212723.GB762@empiric.dek.spc.org>
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On Tuesday 22 June 2004 02:27 pm, Bruce M Simpson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Historically the Rhyolite routed has resided in src/sbin/routed.
>
> However, this code is maintained on a vendor branch, and as such,
> should really reside in src/contrib/routed and be referenced by
> the Makefile in src/sbin/routed accordingly.
>
> Would we be able to move it with a repocopy? Or would this break
> things?
The traditional reason for putting stuff in src/contrib was to avoid
changing the vendor's file layout - eg: if things had bin, libexec, lib
etc components and that their own Makefiles etc, then we had to use the
PATH mechanism to avoid mangling the vendor's tree..
However, if it fits happily in src/sbin/routed, then IMHO leave it
there. Just like zlib fits happily in src/lib/libz.
BTW2: if I had a chance to do it all over again, I'd have argued for any
name but "contrib". eg: src/dist (netbsd-style) or src/vendor. And
have src/gnu/{contrib,dist,vendor} etc as a seperate tree just like we
have src/sys/contrib.
--
Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5
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