Tim Kientzle wrote: > I'm slowly tracking down the remaining minor issues with > my all-static crunchgen-ed /rescue implementation. This > includes pretty much everything from /bin and /sbin, as > well as a few useful tools from /usr/bin and /usr/sbin. > > However, I've just run into an ugly problem. > > Specifically, devd is now written in C++ > (as of a few weeks ago) and crunchgen does > _not_ play well with C++ programs. > > For now, this means that devd will not be in > /rescue. I'm not entirely happy about this. > > Policy question: Is C++ considered acceptable in /bin > and /sbin? (I presume so, since Warner's doing it.) > > Technical Question: Does anyone know how to get > crunchgen to play nicely with C++ programs? (I've > tried a couple of simple changes to the generated > makefile with no success.) > > Usability Question: How necessary is devd likely to > be for people recovering from serious disaster? > (Imagine that /usr, /bin, and /sbin are all broken. > Will some people require devd to get a network adapter > or hot-plug CD-ROM running, for example?)
Personally, I dont think it is a big deal. /rescue is for the case where normal system services are hosed and you want as little running as possible, and the only things that run are what you specifically run. I cannot think of anything that devd might do that a sysadmin who is competent enough to rescue a dead system that doesn't have /usr mounted couldn't do also. I'd prefer to run dhclient by hand anyway thank you. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
