By the way, did anyone since 1998 of genromfs existence notice this
part of Makefile that may cripple your system files ?!
install-man:
# genromfs 0.5 installed the man page in this file,
# remove it before someone notices :)
if [ -f $(PREFIX)$(bindir)/man8 ]; then \
rm -f $(PREFIX)$(bindir)/man8; \
fi
mkdir -p $(PREFIX)$(mandir)/man8
install -m 644 genromfs.8 $(PREFIX)$(mandir)/man8/
Well I noticed that. It will not replace existing file not even delete
the single file of interest it will delete whole man pages directory
as part of install !!! Very funny :-(
I had a similar situation with modern Ubuntu Linux adduser utility
that removed my whole home directory without asking just because it
existed :-(
https://www.tomek.cedro.info/why-linux-sux/
I can only confirm never run Linux or GPL outside dedicated
snapshotted virtual machine. Never attach real world data to it. Best
not to use it at all.
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CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
