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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: purpose of /stand ???
Date: 10 May 1996 21:21:04 GMT
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brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) wrote:

> : What are the pros and cons of using them regularly? Thanks!

> Pros: Save disk space by removing the 'real' versions
> Cons: They are a bit skeletal - they don't support all of the
>       options that the real versions do.

What makes you think this?

It's a ``normal'' crunched binary, with no special (and hard to main-
tain) crippleties applied.  Look into /usr/src/release/boot_crunch.conf
to see how it's being assembled.

(Actually, i think it's two binaries, root_crunch and boot_crunch
merged into a single directory.)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)