Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 13:13:33 -0500 From: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dumb question 'Bad system call' after make world Message-ID: <20031122181332.GA5642@pit.databus.com> In-Reply-To: <20031122234043.V1054@gamplex.bde.org> References: <FE045D4D9F7AED4CBFF1B3B813C85337035E3EA4@mail.sandvine.com> <20031121173342.X61191@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20031122024417.GA93051@pit.databus.com> <20031122234043.V1054@gamplex.bde.org>
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On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 11:42:04PM +1100, Bruce Evans wrote: > On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Barney Wolff wrote: > > > Will somebody please tell me when "make world" is ever correct in the > > environment of the last several years? I've been unable to understand > > its continued existence as a target. > > >From my normal world-building script: > > DESTDIR=/c/z/root \ > MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=/c/z/obj \ > time -l make -s world > /tmp/world.out 2>&1 Oh, so it's only correct when you're not really installing world on the system you're building on? Would replacing this with ( make buildworld && make installworld ) really be a hardship? Must we continue to invite innocents to clobber their systems? -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.
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