Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 08:19:20 +0000 From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: buildworld, installworld, world: etymology Message-ID: <9cd647fe-567f-03bd-1c9e-ba79e4cc7edf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfpvQVZaxFZajBGQRPOVe2c74KYUDdVkL8VcYKm1AdgvHw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20210114032209.GA94213@www.zefox.net> <CANCZdfp53Zx_xdo1dFpuujRKtA7K%2BH89RentyB=hM1nbpWh9Hw@mail.gmail.com> <e7f33c1b-eb7b-7d33-e0e4-d2b1cb7a503e@gmail.com> <CANCZdfpvQVZaxFZajBGQRPOVe2c74KYUDdVkL8VcYKm1AdgvHw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 14/01/2021 05:15, Warner Losh wrote: > Re: How does /usr/bin/uname work in plain english? > On Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 10:13 PM Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com > <mailto:grahamperrin@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > … the installworld part of a FreeBSD-CURRENT > system update routine? > > (Am I confused?) > > > He has a newer kernel than userland... however that came to be... > > Warner Asked a few years ago <https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/base-system-world-userland.34735/>; but there was not exactly an answer. Why, instead of 'builduserland' or 'builduserspace', do we have 'buildworld'? <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_space#USERLAND>; Was it maybe that the word is shorter?
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