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Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile
Here we go.
Dear vendors, could you please publish your position on the below
item?
On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 03:05:59PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
>
> On 22-Jul-2003 Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 02:46:00PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> >> >> >> On Tuesday 22 July 2003 05:04 am, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> >> >> >> > ru 2003/07/22 02:04:09 PDT
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > FreeBSD src repository
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Modified files:
> >> >> >> > release Makefile
> >> >> >> > Log:
> >> >> >> > /floppies/boot.flp is no longer necessary on bootable i386 CD-ROMs.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Forgotten by: jhb
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I left it there so that people can choose which method they want to use
> >> >> >> to make bootable CD's. It was intentional, not a bug. The method is
> >> >> >> chosen at mkisofs invocation time, not when laying out the hierarchy.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> > How they can choose it?
> >> >>
> >> >> They don't use MAKE_ISOS and invoke mkisofs on their own. I have never
> >> >> used MAKE_ISOS when building a release and have always used my own buildreliso
> >> >> script.
> >> >>
> >> > So you agree there's no sense to keep the boot.flp on the second
> >> > CD-ROM image in official version? Your own script can take care
> >> > of copying it to the CD-ROM if necessary.
> >>
> >> No, my intention was to allow distributors like FreeBSD Mall,
> >> BSD Mall, etc. to easily choose which method they wanted to use.
> >> I.e., if they weren't comfortable with cdboot, they could still roll
> >> an ISO from the same tree using boot.flp without having to jump
> >> through hoops. However, if no one wants to use boot.flp anymore,
> >> then it should be removed outright since 2.88 floppies don't "really"
> >> exist in a useful fashion.
> >>
> > Murray, Chern, that's your call then. Would you like me to revert
> > this change? Do you need the /floppies/boot.flp on the 1st and
> > 2nd i386 CD-ROMs?
>
> The vendors@ list might be the best place to ask.
--
Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA,
ru@xxxxxxxxxx Sunbay Software Ltd,
ru@xxxxxxxxxxx FreeBSD committer
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