Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 11:27:23 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Patrick O'Reilly" <patrick@mip.co.za> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ? - /usr/obj contains symlink to /usr/src Message-ID: <15353.16635.475611.694378@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <122558595@toto.iv>
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Patrick O'Reilly <patrick@mip.co.za> types: > Is this a problem or not? > I have had a few strange errors with my latest cvsup and make buildworld. I > went browsing the tree in /usr/obj and found this: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > root carrot:/usr/local/etc/cvsup# ls -al /usr/obj/usr/src/i386 > total 3 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Nov 16 16:33 . > drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Nov 16 16:33 .. > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 12 Nov 16 16:33 sys -> /usr/src/sys > drwxr-xr-x 11 root wheel 512 Nov 16 16:33 usr > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Is this correct? I thought the /usr/obj tree was supposed to be an > independent temporary workspace in which the world is built before being > installed. But this symlink makes me worry that some updates might pollute > the live tree during building? Looks right to me. If they need a tree they aren't going to write to, pulling it in with a symlink seems like a good idea. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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