From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Feb 25 11:15:39 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id LAA23062 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 25 Feb 1995 11:15:39 -0800 Received: from ref.tfs.com (ref.tfs.com [140.145.254.251]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id LAA23056 for ; Sat, 25 Feb 1995 11:15:38 -0800 Received: (from phk@localhost) by ref.tfs.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) id LAA18323 for hackers@freebsd.org; Sat, 25 Feb 1995 11:14:58 -0800 From: Poul-Henning Kamp Message-Id: <199502251914.LAA18323@ref.tfs.com> Subject: make install question for you To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 11:14:56 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text Content-Length: 399 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In the case of a "make install" with a $DESTDIR set, shall /etc be installed ? (/etc/passwd and that kind of things) Argument for: You can make a chroot sandbox in one easy op Argument agains: We shall never clobber any /etc unless asked to do so. votes ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp TRW Financial Systems, Inc. I am Pentium Of Borg. Division is Futile. You WILL be approximated.