By the way, did anyone since 1998 of genromfs existence notice this
part of Makefile that may cripple your system files ?!

install-man:
        # genromfs 0.5 installed the man page in this file,
        # remove it before someone notices :)
        if [ -f $(PREFIX)$(bindir)/man8 ]; then \
                rm -f $(PREFIX)$(bindir)/man8; \
        fi
        mkdir -p $(PREFIX)$(mandir)/man8
        install -m 644 genromfs.8 $(PREFIX)$(mandir)/man8/


Well I noticed that. It will not replace existing file not even delete
the single file of interest it will delete whole man pages directory
as part of install !!! Very funny :-(

I had a similar situation with modern Ubuntu Linux adduser utility
that removed my whole home directory without asking just because it
existed :-(

https://www.tomek.cedro.info/why-linux-sux/

I can only confirm never run Linux or GPL outside dedicated
snapshotted virtual machine. Never attach real world data to it. Best
not to use it at all.

-- 
CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info

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