On Thu, Jul 04, 2024 at 07:34:43PM +0200, Omar Polo wrote: > On 2024/07/04 17:08:53 +0000, Anon Loli <anonl...@autistici.org> wrote: > > Hello mailing list > > Probably a stupid question, but I reinstalled OpenBSD like 10 times this > > week, > > and every time I went to compile the kernel like it says in the > > documentation, > > I could always cd into /sys/dev..., but this install it seems like /sys > > points > > to "usr/src/sys" (it's "usr", not "/usr"). > > > > All I did on this install was download tar.gz files and extract them in > > /usr, > > including the /usr/sys folder, which was supposed to be in /sys > > pre-installed > > with the system, what's happening? > > Did I broke something again and need to install again? -_- > > > > I'm currently following documentation and doing everything in /usr/sys > > (extracted AND VERIFIED from tar.gz) as if it were /sys > > > > I'm sorry if this is a stupid question > > > > Partition table: > > / > > /home > > /tmp > > /usr > > /usr/X11R6 > > /usr/local > > /usr/obj > > /usr/ports > > /usr/ports/pobj > > /usr/src > > /var > > > > All of them are <25% of capacity, it's a fresh install > > Don't think it's a stupid question, but also nothing to worry. AFAICS > /sys is always installed as a symlink to /usr/src/sys which works assuming > that you have the sources checked out in /usr/src (either via the > tarball, cvs, or got/git.) > > I guess it's just to save some typing, not really sure, but nothing to > worry about :) > > > Cheers, > > Omar Polo
Really? Phew! That's a relief! But I wonder why it was empty before I manually planted the /usr/sys via tar extraction... does cvs checkout of SRC also fetch the sys directory?? because it wasn't empty when I worked with cvs instead Thanks
