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.
>Unformatted:
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