From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Feb 25 11:43:52 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id LAA23884 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 25 Feb 1995 11:43:52 -0800 Received: from gndrsh.aac.dev.com (gndrsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id LAA23876 for ; Sat, 25 Feb 1995 11:43:48 -0800 Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by gndrsh.aac.dev.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) id LAA02422; Sat, 25 Feb 1995 11:42:26 -0800 From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199502251942.LAA02422@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: make install question for you To: phk@ref.tfs.com (Poul-Henning Kamp) Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 11:42:26 -0800 (PST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199502251914.LAA18323@ref.tfs.com> from "Poul-Henning Kamp" at Feb 25, 95 11:14:56 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 483 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 ? Against, I would rather be safe than sorry. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Custom computers for FreeBSD