From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 29 18:17:24 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB84B16A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:17:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail002.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail002.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DA9443D3F for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:17:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from anubis357@optusnet.com.au) Received: from 10.0.0.101 (rdlax9-082.dialup.optusnet.com.au [198.142.44.82]) hBU2H4o00816; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:17:05 +1100 From: anubis To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com, "Adam Bozanich" Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:23:38 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312301223.38094.anubis357@optusnet.com.au> cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: Re: 5.2 where is /kernel.GENERIC X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 02:17:25 -0000 On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 10:31 am, fbsd_user wrote: snip > Are you telling me that the kernel binary is moved from an easy > uncluttered location in 4.9 of / to a location 2 directory levels > deep and surrounded with a bunch of clutter? > > What king of stupid system design decision is that? > Is it possible this is an mistake? > Should an problem report be make to point this error out the 5.2 > release team? This is no mistake and IMHO is an excellent idea. 5.x has a number of changes and this is but a small one. I suspect you will be on the floor foaming at the mouth after you see the new rc scripts. You will need to carfully read the release notes and UPDATING