Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 06:52:15 +0400 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>, Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc Makefile src/include Makefile src/release Makefile src/release/picobsd/build Makefile.mfs src/release/picobsd/custom Makefile.mfs src/release/picobsd/dial Makefile.mfs src/release/picobsd/install Makefile.mfs Message-ID: <20000725065215.A36350@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <200007250228.UAA85362@harmony.village.org>; from imp@village.org on Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 08:28:15PM -0600 References: <20000725055124.A35927@nagual.pp.ru> <20000724085030.A28936@nagual.pp.ru> <25873.964459115@localhost> <20000725055124.A35927@nagual.pp.ru> <200007250228.UAA85362@harmony.village.org>
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On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 08:28:15PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > But come to think of it, I'm not at all sure why we need to have mtree > follow symbolic links in the build process. I thought I understood > that, but now cannot find the words to explain it and am in doubt of > my understanding of it. It depends of the way disks set organized. If people have several disks with symlinks to /tmp, /var/mail etc., they need -L to set correct permissions, otherwise they are under security risk. But other people don't need this thing. The acceptable solution will be /etc/make.conf option defaulted to -L to minimize risk. -- Andrey A. Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru> http://ache.pp.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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