Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 04:26:35 +0000 From: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: /bin and /sbin are now dynamically linked Message-ID: <20031123042635.GB677@saboteur.dek.spc.org> In-Reply-To: <p06002003bbe5c0f30237@[10.0.1.2]> References: <FPEBKMIFGFHCGLLKBLMMCEDCCDAA.ghelmer@palisadesys.com> <3FBE8D92.6080205@acm.org> <20031123012222.GB11523@dragon.nuxi.com> <p06002003bbe5c0f30237@[10.0.1.2]>
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On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 02:42:58AM +0100, Brad Knowles wrote: > At 5:22 PM -0800 2003/11/22, David O'Brien wrote: > > > Please, NO. There wasn't an FTP client available for this type of > > recovery pre-/rescue, there shouldn't be one now. > > Why? Why cut your nose off to spite your face? Even though this > capability may not have existed before, why shouldn't we have it now? I think David has valid concerns here about feeping creaturism. fetch has a whole load of library dependencies which go with it, making it unsuitable for inclusion in /rescue in the base system. If you want access to fetch early on in this way, you could make a local branch and maintain the change for your own site, or you could boot from a FreeBSD live CD, or use sysinstall from the installation CD to install a package. I don't see fetch as a requirement for diskless clients. Regards, BMS
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