Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 10:48:23 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: <current@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: updating /stand on -current Message-ID: <20010919104737.A34905-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010919133231.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 19-Sep-01 Vincent Poy wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, John Baldwin wrote: > > > >> > >> On 19-Sep-01 Vincent Poy wrote: > >> > Just a question, does /stand still exist in -current? If so, how > >> > does on update it? I remember the old method was make all install in > >> > /usr/src/release/sysinstall but this no longer works. > >> > >> sysinstall lives in /usr/sbin and is updated during every buildworld now. > >> > >> /stand is a backup copy of utilities used during the initial installation. > > > > Interesting. I remember sysinstall used to be in /stand and > > /stand used to be a bunch of utils statically linked to sysinstall. When > > I did the last binary upgrade install of the June 18, 2001 -current > > snapshot from current.FreeBSD.ORG, it never updated /stand at all since I > > know if does when I do a binary upgrade of -RELEASE. > > sysinstall moved to /usr/bin in current. The /stand stuff is created by > sysinstall during the initial installation. I'm not sure if it gets updated by > binary upgrades. Interesting. Normally, the bindist if you use the install.sh would extract and replace pretty much everything on the system including /stand and /etc. Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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