On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Ben Harris wrote:

: >       Provide an optional recovery mechanism such as /stand/{,s}bin
: >       which contains statically linked versions of some (or all) of
: >       the programs in /{s,}bin.
:
: That's not a good name, since we use "stand" in the source tree to indicate
: things that run directly from the bootloader without needing a kernel.

Right, I agree.  Typically "/stand" refers to a boot filesystem, sometimes
populated with the bootstrap of some machine's "native" boot system, and
tools that run outside of NetBSD or for preparation of NetBSD.

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