Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 01:49:58 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: "Ernie Elu" <ernie@spooky.apana.org.au> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating /stand Message-ID: <340.828870598@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 07 Apr 1996 19:44:15 %2B1000." <199604070944.TAA28490@spooky.apana.org.au>
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/stand is *only* populated by the installation tools and it's very likely that this will not change. Sorry, but the contents of that directory are very specialized and I just don't see the gain in trying to build it along with the rest of the system. At some point, I'm sort of hoping that /stand will go away and be replaced by something much better for rescuing yourself. Its current "rescue abilities" are more accidental than deliberate, and many people simply ``rm -rf /stand'' after installation. I know that sounds like something of a cop-out, but I'm afraid that's the most accurate description of the current state of affairs that I can give you. Jordan > I just noticed that make world does not seem to update the files in the > /stand directory in particular /stand/sysinstall that I occasionally use and > now crashes as it is still dated Nov 18 from the 2.1R floppy I presume. > > What is the correct method for rebuilding the /stand directory so it is > current? > > - Ernie.
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