Does ECO Kit OSF350-218 REALLY require a kernel rebuild?

From: Paul A Sand <pas_at_unh.edu>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 21:59:08 -0400 (EDT)

Hi --

The ECO kit named OSF350-218 replaces /usr/sbin/automount
in DU 3.2c. (It is available from ftp.service.digital.com).

The README that comes with the kit instructs the installer
to rebuild the kernel after replacing /usr/sbin/automount.

I cant't think of any reason by which rebuilding the
kernel would be necessary or even desirable after replacing
automount. Can anyone shed any light on this? Am I missing
something?

-- 
-- Paul A. Sand                 | ULTRIX is amazingly customizable: you have to
-- University of New Hampshire  | replace 1/3 of it to make it usable.
-- pas_at_unh.edu                  |     (Marcus J Ranum, comp.unix.ultrix)
-- http://pubpages.unh.edu/~pas | 

Received on Mon Sep 23 1996 - 08:39:20 NZST