On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, John Baldwin wrote:
>...
> Solution:
>
> We need statically built install tools just like we have build tools.
> I think we should use the newer versions (i.e. static versions of the
> ones we just built under /usr/obj during buildworld that are linked
> against the new libraries), rather than doing some fancy footwork to
Using the newer version would be even more broken, since they may be
for another arch, or may just use new syscalls that don't exist in the
host kernel.
> make the existing binaries work. We already do this with the build
> tools. By using the newer binaries we only have to maintain one
> interface in our Makefiles to the install tools: whatever their
> current interface is in /usr/src.
The build-tools are carefully built so that work in the host environment.
Essentially the same thing needs to be done for installation tools.
Bruce
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