On Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 17:28:54 -0400, Clint M. Sand wrote: >I know this is a dumb question but make install on a kernel build does: > >rm -f /obsd >ln /bsd /obsd >cp bsd /nbsd >mv /nbsd /bsd > > >But I can't see the reasoning here. Why do we copy it then move it >rather than just copying it straight to /bsd?
If you cp the kernel to /bsd, you end up with a broken kernel in case of a power failure or other problem during the cp command. The chance on something like that happening during the mv is much smaller, because it takes much less time. Maurice
