On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Chapman Flack wrote:
> Would there be any objections to an additional magic symlink
> pattern @booted_kernel, replaced from the corresponding
> CTL_MACHDEP sysctl node if the platform supplies it?
>
> It would be handy for those few remaining userland utilities
> that try to open the kernel by a fixed name for groveling,
> when you have a few built kernels in various stages of
> debugging.

What programs do you have in mind?
While magic symlinks are all nice & dandy, I don't really feel confortable 
of relying on them...
(weren't they even backed out?)


  - Hubert