/usr/obj and releases

[John Baldwin]

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@ as he added the change. :)

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