[455] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Couple of nits in xlogin package
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Tue Feb 15 15:44:39 1994
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Cc: "James H. Haynes" <haynes@cats.ucsc.edu>, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 15 Feb 94 15:35:04 -0500.
<9402152035.AA04772@toxicwaste.media.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 94 15:44:00 EST
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
> No, zinit is supposed to be in /etc/athena. The attach package is
> incorrect, and should be fixed, to include the /etc/athena/zinit
> link. I'll fix the attach package.
On the Sun and IBM platforms, at least, /bin/athena/zinit is a link to
attach, and /etc/athena/zinit is a link to /bin/athena/attach.
(Of course, I'd recommend /usr/athena/etc/zinit -> ../bin/attach,
since symlinks usually shouldn't rely on the position of the root, but
that's a detail.)
--GBH