Re: docs/87351: Jail building instructions don't work as described

The following reply was made to PR docs/87351; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Giorgos Keramidas <[e-mail]>
To: "Eli K. Breen" <[e-mail]>
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: docs/87351: Jail building instructions don't work as described with default CSH shell
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 20:32:32 +0300

 On 2005-10-13 00:05, "Eli K. Breen" <[e-mail]> wrote:
 > Building jails does not work as perscribed in the man (8) jail
 > docs. The default shell for root on a new and stock FreeBSD box is
 > csh, the instruction include the line:
 >
 > D=/path/to/your/jail
 >
 > ..which does not work under csh, this returns a Command Not Found error.
 
 > switch to csh, try to build a jail using the supplied instructions
 > from the jail(8) manpage.
 
 > user@box# csh
 > user@box# D=/path/to/your/jail
 > D=/path/to/your/jail: Command not found.
 > user@box#
 
 > jail manpage currently reads:
 >
 >      D=/here/is/the/jail
 >      cd /usr/src
 >      mkdir -p $D
 >      make world DESTDIR=$D
 >      cd etc
 >      make distribution DESTDIR=$D
 >      mount_devfs devfs $D/dev
 >      cd $D
 >      ln -sf dev/null kernel
 >
 > ..and should read:
 >
 >      set D=/here/is/the/jail
 >      cd /usr/src
 >      mkdir -p $D
 >      make world DESTDIR=$D
 >      cd etc
 >      make distribution DESTDIR=$D
 >      mount_devfs devfs $D/dev
 >      cd $D
 >      ln -sf dev/null kernel
 >
 > .. or specify that the instructions do not work under csh.
 
 I'd certainly support adding a note that these commands work fine fror
 sh(1) and other Bourne shells.  Then we can probably add another set of
 commands for csh, if that seems nice to have.
 
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