cvs commit: src/release Makefile

[John Baldwin]

On 22-Jul-2003 Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 02:46:00PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
>> >> >> On Tuesday 22 July 2003 05:04 am, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
>> >> >> > ru          2003/07/22 02:04:09 PDT
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >   FreeBSD src repository
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >   Modified files:
>> >> >> >     release              Makefile
>> >> >> >   Log:
>> >> >> >   /floppies/boot.flp is no longer necessary on bootable i386 CD-ROMs.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >   Forgotten by:   jhb
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> I left it there so that people can choose which method they want to use
>> >> >> to make bootable CD's.  It was intentional, not a bug.  The method is
>> >> >> chosen at mkisofs invocation time, not when laying out the hierarchy.
>> >> >> 
>> >> > How they can choose it?
>> >> 
>> >> They don't use MAKE_ISOS and invoke mkisofs on their own.  I have never
>> >> used MAKE_ISOS when building a release and have always used my own buildreliso
>> >> script.
>> >>  
>> > So you agree there's no sense to keep the boot.flp on the second
>> > CD-ROM image in official version?  Your own script can take care
>> > of copying it to the CD-ROM if necessary.
>> 
>> No, my intention was to allow distributors like FreeBSD Mall,
>> BSD Mall, etc. to easily choose which method they wanted to use.
>> I.e., if they weren't comfortable with cdboot, they could still roll
>> an ISO from the same tree using boot.flp without having to jump
>> through hoops.  However, if no one wants to use boot.flp anymore,
>> then it should be removed outright since 2.88 floppies don't "really"
>> exist in a useful fashion.
>> 
> Murray, Chern, that's your call then.  Would you like me to revert
> this change?  Do you need the /floppies/boot.flp on the 1st and
> 2nd i386 CD-ROMs?

The vendors@ list might be the best place to ask.

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