Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 22:28:07 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (Rodney W. Grimes) Cc: obrien@NUXI.com, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/chown Makefile Message-ID: <199912140628.WAA18093@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <199912140617.WAA18057@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at "Dec 13, 1999 10:17:50 pm"
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> > On Mon, Dec 13, 1999 at 09:48:55PM -0800, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > > Install `chown' into /sbin rather than /usr/sbin as `chown' is needed by > > > > `MAKEDEV'. And one might need to `MAKEDEV' inorder to get a device node > > > > in order to mount /usr from. > > > > > > The sources need repo moved from usr.sbin to sbin and this change ripped > > > out. > > > > Yes. Patience. First put the change in usr.sbin/chown/ so it is > > documented by someone looking there. Then repo move it to sbin/chown/ > > and clean up the Makefile. This was how we did usr.sbin/sysctl/ -> > > sbin/sysctl/ . > > And now that I went digging your going to find that chown/chgrp is not > the only thing missing to run MAKEDEV. > > printf is _NOT_ a borne shell builtin, so you'll also need /usr/bin/printf, > used extensivly in MAKEDEV. > > Might I suggest you backthis out (as it creates the mess of folks having > to remeber to rm /usr/sbin/chown) until you have a _COMPLETE_ set of > patches that makes /dev/MAKEDEV run without /usr, and have tested that > set of _COMPLETE_ patches. Add awk to that list.... ohhh.. boy... don't even look at ttyR?, you'll need grep and jot, also /tmp must be mounted writable. -- Rod Grimes - KD7CAX @ CN85sl - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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