From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Mar 14 21:37:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA15064 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 21:37:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA15059 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 21:37:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA09640; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 21:35:50 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803150535.VAA09640@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Michael V. Harding" cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Um, a modest proposal (slices/mount) In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 14 Mar 1998 06:04:01 PST." <199803141404.GAA02166@netcom1.netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 21:35:49 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > Before the flamefest becomes a firestorm... > > Why not modify the kernel makefile so it won't do an install (or > perhaps a build) if the wrong mount is installed? > > I don't know how to check version of Unix files - sorry if this is not > practical... It's a nice idea, but as you allude, actually implementing the check in a consistent and dependable fashion would be very difficult. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message