Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 05:54:41 +0900 (JST) From: dcs@newsguy.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: kern/9406: old loader ought to be preserved on install Message-ID: <199901092054.FAA01313@localhost.ocn.ne.jp>
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>Number: 9406
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: /boot/loader is always overwritten on install
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sat Jan 9 13:00:01 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Daniel C. Sobral
>Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
Three stage boot loader installation.
>Description:
make install on sys/boot will always overwrite /boot/loader. The
new loader might not be as critical as a kernel, but it would still be
a help saving it just in case.
>How-To-Repeat:
cd /sys/boot
make install
>Fix:
Apply the following patch:
--- sys/boot/i386/loader/Makefile.orig Sun Jan 10 05:43:16 1999
+++ sys/boot/i386/loader/Makefile Sun Jan 10 05:49:11 1999
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@
perl ${.CURDIR}/../../common/merge_help.pl ${.ALLSRC} > ${.TARGET}
beforeinstall:
+.if exists(${DESTDIR}/boot/loader)
+ mv ${DESTDIR}/boot/loader ${DESTDIR}/boot/loader.old
+.endif
.if exists(${.OBJDIR}/loader.help)
${INSTALL} -C -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m 444 \
${.OBJDIR}/${BASE}.help ${DESTDIR}/boot
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