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Date:      Sun, 13 Dec 1998 08:59:11 +1100 (EST)
From:      John Birrell  <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
To:        brian@Awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Cc:        des@flood.ping.uio.no, bde@zeta.org.au, committers@FreeBSD.ORG, jb@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: src/etc/Makefile (was: /etc/rc.local)
Message-ID:  <199812122159.IAA27264@cimlogic.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <199812122044.UAA02234@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> from Brian Somers at "Dec 12, 98 08:44:37 pm"

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Brian Somers wrote:
> > >                                                 but someone recently
> > > broke `make install' to always install "missing" files.
> > 
> > Amen. Although it's useful to be told about missing files, installing
> > them should be left to the operator. After all, if you really want it
> > there, you only need to install it once, but if you *don't* want it
> > there, you'll have to remove it manually after every make install, or
> > write a wrapper script to do it.
> 
> I objected to this ``make install'' change and wasn't even graced 
> with a reply.

OK I'll back it out. Shrug.

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John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/
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