On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 08:15:07PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 10:07:41PM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > | On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 03:25:27PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > | > On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 07:12:43PM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > [...] > | > | Is this automatic with Debian kernel packages? With a DIY 2.6 I had to > | > | create /sys and mount it by hand (the /etc/fstab entry is as for /proc > | > | but s/proc/sys/g). > | > > | > $ dlocate /etc/init.d/mountkernfs > | > libc6: /etc/init.d/mountkernfs > | > > | > $ dpkg -l libc6 > | > ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone > | > | Ah, all becomes clear: > | > | $ dpkg -l libc6 > | ii libc6 2.2.5-11.5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone > > The other explanation is this changelog entry : > > sysvinit (2.85-10) unstable; urgency=low > > * Provide mountvirtfs. It mounts /proc,/sys, etc at early boot. > Libc6 does this too with a script called mountkernfs which is called > later, but that shouldn't matter. Libc6 must remove it later on. > Perhaps we should remove the symlink - I'm not sure. > > I got this just now from sarge. $ dpkg -l sysvinit ii sysvinit 2.85-9 System-V like init. Looks like one to upgrade - much cleaner than mounting them from /etc/init.d scripts, to my mind. > | ...I'm still on woody. Hopefully my ADSL will be activated in a week > | or two and it'll be practical to upgrade! > > :-) ...just got the email confirming activation scheduled for next week. But I don't know if I'll be back home to take advantage of it then... my motorbike needs a new crankshaft! Aargh! -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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