Re: Why INSTALL_PATH is not /boot by default?

[Sam Ravnborg]

On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 01:27:15AM +0100, Blaisorblade wrote:
> This line, in the main Makefile, is commented:
> 
> export  INSTALL_PATH=/boot
> 
> Why? It seems pointless, since almost everything has been for ages requiring 
> this settings, and distros' versions of installkernel have been taking an 
> empty INSTALL_PATH as meaning /boot for ages (for instance Mandrake). It's 
> maybe even mandated by the FHS (dunno).
> 
> Is there any reason I'm missing?

Changing this may have impact on default behaviour of some versions of
installkernel.
If /boot is ok for other than just i386 we can give it a try.

	Sam
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