Ian Lepore <i...@freebsd.org> writes:
> This is intended to guard against /var being an mfs due to diskless or
> readonly-root setup by rc.d/var during freebsd-update.  I suppose it's
> possible for someone to configure /var in a persistant file-backed md on
> such a system.  (Hmm, that's maybe even useful with nfs root, I may give
> that a try.)

I think that would be a terrible idea.  I use freebsd-update on my
soekris, but with an NFS-mounted /var/db/freebsd-update, which is far
simpler and less likely to blow up in your face.  IMHO, it is safe for
freebsd-update to assume that mfs is a no-no.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no
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