svn commit: r229474 - in stable/8/sys: boot/common boot/forth conf kern

[Sergey Kandaurov]

On 4 January 2012 17:31, John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 04, 2012 8:09:51 am Sergey Kandaurov wrote:
>> On 4 January 2012 16:54, John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> > On Wednesday, January 04, 2012 7:48:24 am Sergey Kandaurov wrote:
>> >> Author: pluknet
>> >> Date: Wed Jan  4 12:48:24 2012
>> >> New Revision: 229474
>> >> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/229474
>> >>
>> >> Log:
>> >>   MFC r226833,r227056:
>> >>
>> >>   Remove the long reprecated ``/stand/sysinstall'' from the init_path.
>> >
>> > Uh, you need to revert this or 8.3 won't install.
>>
>> So, /stand was removed exactly 5.3 timeframe. I see no reason
>> why we still should reference it 3 major versions later.
>> Please correct me if I'm wrong.
>>
>> http://www.mavetju.org/mail/view_message.php?list=freebsd-arch&id=1749748
>
> That only stops making a copy of it from the MFS root onto the installed
> system.  The entry in the init path is to allow the MFS root to boot during an
> install.  If you go grab the mfsroot from 8.2-RELEASE and mount it via
> mdconfig you will find that it has no /sbin/init file.  Instead, it uses
> /stand/sysinstall as its init.

Doh, indeed. I will revert it right now, sorry.

-- 
wbr,
pluknet