[2912] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: linux locker
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Wed Aug 23 09:45:41 2000
To: Richard Tibbetts <tibbetts@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Date: 23 Aug 2000 09:45:16 -0400
In-Reply-To: Richard Tibbetts's message of "Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:45:19 -0400"
Richard Tibbetts <tibbetts@MIT.EDU> writes:
> 1) Tell me what, if anything, that users depend on in the linux
> locker. For example, is /mit/linux/update.pl hardcoded into 5.2 or
> 4.2 machines? Send me mail about this, or manually add it to the
> README file, which is now in RCS.
In general, please bear in mind that quite a few machines are still
running SIPB-Athena 8.2 (based on Red Hat 5.2), and probably will be
for a while. Getting rid of files only pertinent to older versions is
probably okay, though. (though not really necessary, as the SIPB cell
has plenty of space)
At any rate, the path to update.pl isn't hardcoded into any machines,
but users are used to finding it there. (Incidentally, I probably
will grab another round of 5.2 updates when I get back to campus this
weekend.)
> 2) Look in the Attic. If there is something of value there, let me
> know, since right now the Attic has little value to me. I am not
> going to delete it yet, but it is not for long term storage. If
> there is something in the Attic that you know is worthless, delete
> it.
software-map and old-5.2-x are definitely useless. src should
probably stay because it matches the 8.2 installer. packages and
redhat (with the possible exception of subdirectories for ancient Red
Hat releases) should stay; the update script looks in both, and users
of layered systems sometimes look in packages themselves.
--
Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu)
