Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 00:29:47 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: John DeBoskey <jwd@unx.sas.com>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Comments requested: automatic hook for mergemaster Message-ID: <39C634EB.EFBE77AA@newsguy.com> References: <20000917211609.A9550@unx.sas.com> <200009180042.SAA26812@harmony.village.org> <200009180148.TAA27247@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh wrote: > > In message <20000917211609.A9550@unx.sas.com> John DeBoskey writes: > : What happens to a nightly 'make world' process if DO_MERGEMASTER > : is defined? We'd need a completely non-interactive approach > : to make this work (I'm not 100% familiar with mergemaster's > : internal workings). > > If DO_MERGEMASTER is defined, the build is no longer automatic. Now > that I think about it, it might not be such a good idea. I disagree. Having a non-automatic option will not make the process non-automatic, as long as that option is not used. So, what happens is that nothing changes for anyone, except those that explicitly define the option. Those who do will have their installworld hanged waiting for input. (Well, unless -a is used for mergemaster -- but I like the interactive version myself.) -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@the.secret.bsdconspiracy.net "I demand that my picture show a handsome face, even if it doesn't look like me." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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