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Re: installing rump libs
>>> * use of the kernel file system code in various utilities such as
>>> fsck and makefs instead of having to rewrite the same code for
>>> userspace
>> I'm not clear what you're proposing here, but if this means that
>> NetBSD's fsck and friends will depend on running under a NetBSD
>> kernel, I think it's a fairly serious step backwards.
> You are absolutely incorrect. It would not require a NetBSD kernel.
(It occurred to me after I sent it that I should have made it clear I
was talking about recompiling the source elsewhere, not running the
binary elsewhere.)
Good. Then I retract my nascent objection.
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