On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 05:17:29PM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> 
> "Valeriy E. Ushakov" <uwe@ptc.spbu.ru> writes:
> > . build.sh build - works but when postinstall checks are run PR 20061
> >   manifests, though it's harmless.  it's arguable that when building
> >   into DESTDIR != / postinstall checks should not be run anyway.
> 
> I'd agree that should be yanked.

Why?  You could quite easily be installing into the root filesystem
of a diskless system - as I did today.

FWIW it failed to create /etc/groups or /etc/master.passwd
I haven't yet managed to get the diskless clent to find a kernel :-(

	David

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