NetBSD Problem Report #41810

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From: lloyd@must-have-coffee.gen.nz
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Subject: vnconfig is in /usr/sbin
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>Number:         41810
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       vnconfig is in /usr/sbin
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug 04 05:30:00 +0000 2009
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Fri Apr 29 22:07:55 +0000 2011
>Originator:     Lloyd Parkes
>Release:        5.99.12
>Organization:
Must Have Coffee
>Environment:
NetBSD evbarm 5.99.12 NetBSD 5.99.12 (TS7200) #3: Tue Aug  4 15:54:46 NZST 2009  lloyd@rhox.must-have-coffee.gen.nz:/vol/scratch/build-gsoc/obj.evbarm/sys/arch/evbarm/compile/TS7200 evbarm

>Description:
vnconfig is in /usr/sbin and this makes it impossible to mount /usr from a vnd device.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
Move vnconfig into /sbin by moving its source code from usr.sbin/vnconfig to sbin/vnconfig.

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:

State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
State-Changed-By: jmmv@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:34:15 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
Could you please provide a use case for this request?


From: Lloyd Parkes <lloyd@must-have-coffee.gen.nz>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
 netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org,
 jmmv@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: bin/41810 (vnconfig is in /usr/sbin)
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:39:29 +1200

 Hi,
 For some reason I always read "jmmv" as Jimmy :-!

 On 30/04/2011, at 3:34 AM, jmmv@NetBSD.org wrote:

 > Synopsis: vnconfig is in /usr/sbin
 >
 > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
 > State-Changed-By: jmmv@NetBSD.org
 > State-Changed-When: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:34:15 +0000
 > State-Changed-Why:
 > Could you please provide a use case for this request?

 The use case is embedded systems where /usr is stored on a vnode disk.  
 This allows /usr to be compressed which then allows NetBSD to be  
 embedded in smaller system than would other be the case.

 Cheers,
 Lloyd

State-Changed-From-To: feedback->open
State-Changed-By: jmmv@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:07:55 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
Feedback provided.


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