On Saturday 10 June 2006 08:54, Colin Percival wrote: > In src/etc/mtree/BSD.usr.dist, it says that /usr/obj should exist: > 41 obj nochange > However, in src/release/Makefile, the doTARBALL specifically avoids > putting /usr/obj into a tarball, with the result that it will not > be extracted during release installation: > 1114 tar --exclude CVS --exclude obj --exclude BOOTMFS -cf - ${ARG} | \ > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > This discrepancy has existed since March 1995, so I'm guessing that > it isn't a mistake -- but can someone explain the reason for this? Probably because not all boxes need /usr/obj. /usr/ports doesn't exist after a new install (if you don't install the ports tarball) either. Ask phk_at_ as he added the change. :) -- John Baldwin <jhb_at_FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.orgReceived on Tue Jun 13 2006 - 12:25:14 UTC
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