From: "Theo de Raadt" Subject: Re: Question of the Direction of mkhybrid(8) To: Kyle Ackerman Cc: "tech@openbsd.org" Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:30:45 -0600 You are right. The history is that we had both in the tree. mkhybrid was a monster. The old mkisofs components were more fragile. We succeeded at switching. The comment is dated and can be removed. > 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 > > > >