Re: Things to remove from /rescue

From: Alexander Leidinger (Alexander_at_Leidinger.net)
Date: 07/17/03

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    On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:08:05 -0700
    "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> wrote:

    > - growfs, how would growing / fix a borked /lib??

    Perhaps because / isn't large enough and it's needed to enlarge it to be
    able to install the necessary libs?

    > - swapon, this is not needed to fix a whacked out /lib.... unless we add
    > Emacs to /resuce.

    I can't come up with a scenario for this, but this doesn't mean there
    isn't one. Do you have a stronger reason than "I don't know how this
    could be useful"? Hmmm... perhaps mounting a mfs disk, untaring
    something to it, searching for the right files... whatever, I think we
    should keep it in /rescue, but I will be quiet if someone removes it.

    > - tar, pax (w/{bz,g}zip) can do everything GNU tar can.

    POLA, people use tar more often than pax. I know a lot of people which
    haven't ever used pax, but they know how to use tar very good.

    I agree with you about the other listed programs.

    Bye,
    Alexander. 

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