From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 11:56:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A3B437B404; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 11:56:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (whale.sunbay.crimea.ua [212.110.138.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 411CD43F93; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 11:56:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ru@sunbay.com) Received: from whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (ru@localhost [127.0.0.1]) h6MIuM0U083392 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 21:56:22 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from ru@sunbay.com) Received: (from ru@localhost) by whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (8.12.9/8.12.8/Submit) id h6MIuLDi083380; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 21:56:21 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from ru) Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 21:56:21 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: John Baldwin Message-ID: <20030722185621.GD80514@sunbay.com> References: <20030722183959.GB80514@sunbay.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="n/aVsWSeQ4JHkrmm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: Murray Stokely cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org cc: Chern Lee Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 18:56:30 -0000 --n/aVsWSeQ4JHkrmm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 02:46:00PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > >> >> On Tuesday 22 July 2003 05:04 am, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > >> >> > ru 2003/07/22 02:04:09 PDT > >> >> > > >> >> > FreeBSD src repository > >> >> > > >> >> > Modified files: > >> >> > release Makefile > >> >> > Log: > >> >> > /floppies/boot.flp is no longer necessary on bootable i386 CD-R= OMs. > >> >> > > >> >> > Forgotten by: jhb > >> >>=20 > >> >> I left it there so that people can choose which method they want to= use > >> >> to make bootable CD's. It was intentional, not a bug. The method = is > >> >> chosen at mkisofs invocation time, not when laying out the hierarch= y. > >> >>=20 > >> > How they can choose it? > >>=20 > >> They don't use MAKE_ISOS and invoke mkisofs on their own. I have never > >> used MAKE_ISOS when building a release and have always used my own bui= ldreliso > >> script. > >> =20 > > So you agree there's no sense to keep the boot.flp on the second > > CD-ROM image in official version? Your own script can take care > > of copying it to the CD-ROM if necessary. >=20 > No, my intention was to allow distributors like FreeBSD Mall, > BSD Mall, etc. to easily choose which method they wanted to use. > I.e., if they weren't comfortable with cdboot, they could still roll > an ISO from the same tree using boot.flp without having to jump > through hoops. However, if no one wants to use boot.flp anymore, > then it should be removed outright since 2.88 floppies don't "really" > exist in a useful fashion. >=20 Murray, Chern, that's your call then. Would you like me to revert this change? Do you need the /floppies/boot.flp on the 1st and 2nd i386 CD-ROMs? Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software Ltd, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --n/aVsWSeQ4JHkrmm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/HYjVUkv4P6juNwoRAhLsAJ9EjGJf64fe1QWp1UC2Q5+WB3UbrACdFm9Z Fs2h2InkJIbCySDVclZ/cU0= =M3s/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --n/aVsWSeQ4JHkrmm--