From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=AXB_XMAILER_MIMEOLE_OL_024C2, DMARC_REJECT,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from amsfep12-int.chello.nl (amsfep12-int.chello.nl [213.46.243.17]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BFF9ABD73 for ; Sat, 15 Jun 2002 02:42:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: from aap ([213.46.84.127]) by amsfep12-int.chello.nl (InterMail vM.5.01.03.06 201-253-122-118-106-20010523) with SMTP id <20020615074214.SXYS14078.amsfep12-int.chello.nl@aap> for ; Sat, 15 Jun 2002 09:42:14 +0200 Message-ID: <00b201c21440$2cfc9b50$7f542ed5@aap> From: "Mario Witt" To: References: <200206141552.34781.dougg@ufl.edu> <1024089539.3494.6.camel@koch.random-chaos.org.uk> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Build Doc Error Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 09:42:18 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: a99cd861-fd6e-422b-aa00-735b42ac7a39 X-Archives-Hash: 275d6bdc11428a668e1d58c5b5d158b9 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Morey" To: Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 11:18 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Build Doc Error > indeed, the docs way is clearer imho, and if you look closely, there is > a symlink in /boot pointing back to /boot (/boot/boot-> /boot) it's a > hack, but it's a clean one, and one that makes a lot of sense.(other > wise many people could easily get confused. > > -Doug < SNIP > Hmmm... I thought this was a distro for people who KNOW what they're doing ;-) Maybe, instead of creating such a symlink, there could be a short mention in the docs about the path to the files being relative to /boot. There are so many things newbies (of which I am one) have to learn the hard way that this one, in comparison, is very minor. - Mario