Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:53:05 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: /bin and /sbin are now dynamically linked Message-ID: <20040216185106.Q8264-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> In-Reply-To: <p06020423bc571a3d4baf@[128.113.24.47]>
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On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > At 2:32 PM -1000 2/16/04, Vincent Poy wrote: > >Hello everyone: > > > > I'm still using a Pre-November 15, 2003 -CURRENT and had a > >question before I upgrade. With this change, is /bin and /sbin > >still separate directories on new installs or are they linked > >directories? > > They are still separate directories. That's good, I thought somehow the directories were now merged or something. > >Do I have to delete the /bin, /sbin contents prior to the > >buildworld or will it just update itself? Thanks. > > Anytime that special-measures are needed for an update, they will > be written up in /usr/src/UPDATING . Always read through the > most recent entries in that file doing an system update. I usually read UPDATING first but in this case, I thought I had to somehow do something to those directories so it's more of like the way /stand works. > To answer this specific question, no, you do not want to delete > those directories before doing the 'make buildworld'. Thanks! 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
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