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From:
Kyle Ackerman <kack@kyleackerman.net>
Subject:
Question of the Direction of mkhybrid(8)
To:
"tech@openbsd.org" <tech@openbsd.org>
Date:
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 03:25:02 +0000

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Looking at the source for mkhybrid(8), I noticed a comment at the top
of the Makefile.

# NOTE: The mkhybrid distrib also makes an "mkisofs" which is the same binary
# linked. When we know mkhybrid makes distrib CDs ok we should modify this
# to make mkisofs as a link to this, rather than the (earlier) version in
# the tree.


Looking at the history, it was initially imported back in
2000. Scouring the mailing list, I found this thread about the
position of mkhybrid(8),
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=120130045426226&w=2# , seems like
it is destine to stay. Is there any value to following through with
this original game plan? If there is no intention or benefit, should
we remove the comment?

diff /usr/src
path + /usr/src
commit - bc42849e5050b53fb33652b93ca006c330d6690e
blob - ace7095aa87749de6fb1edfc3a0e946261386364
file + gnu/usr.sbin/mkhybrid/mkhybrid/Makefile
--- gnu/usr.sbin/mkhybrid/mkhybrid/Makefile
+++ gnu/usr.sbin/mkhybrid/mkhybrid/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 #	$OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.8 2022/07/11 03:11:49 daniel Exp $
 
-# NOTE: The mkhybrid distrib also makes an "mkisofs" which is the same binary
-# linked. When we know mkhybrid makes distrib CDs ok we should modify this
-# to make mkisofs as a link to this, rather than the (earlier) version in
-# the tree.
-
 PROG=	mkhybrid
 MAN=	mkhybrid.8
 BINDIR=	/usr/sbin