[moved to tech-userlevel@netbsd.org]

On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 10:59:58PM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
  | 
  | Luke Mewburn <lukem@netbsd.org> writes:
  | > Modified Files:
  | > 	src/distrib/sets/lists/base: mi
  | > 	src/etc/mtree: NetBSD.dist
  | > 
  | > Log Message:
  | > Do not ship with (an empty) /home in the base distribution.
  | 
  | Could we leave it in NetBSD.dist just as an ignore optional so that
  | you can still check its permissions?

For the /etc/security permissions check, don't you mean /etc/mtree/special
(not /etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist)?

Arguably /etc/mtree/special.local should be used for this purpose.

However, if having /home (and maybe /usr/local) as "ignore optional"
entries in /etc/mtree/special (*not* NetBSD.dist) does not cause any
ill effects or bogus warnings for people who don't have those
directories, or has those as symbolic links, then I would consider
that as a reasonable compromise.

Luke.