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Date:      Wed, 21 Feb 2001 14:31:17 +1100 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/mk sys.mk 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102211415050.25100-100000@besplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <200102201426.f1KEQWs02309@billy-club.village.org>

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On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Warner Losh wrote:

> In message <200102200837.f1K8bpj89576@freefall.freebsd.org> Kris Kennaway writes:
> :   We now set up the reasonable default for i386 and alpha here -- given this
> :   it probably makes sense to remove the corresponding code from make(1).
> 
> Probably not.  We really do not want to pollute sys.mk with any more
> variables than we absolutely have to.  It is included for all
> Makefiles on the system, not just the ones to build the system.
> Adding things there can cause problems elsewhere.

But polluting make(1) is almost equivalent to polluting sys.mk.  The
pollution is just easier to implement and harder to remove in make(1).

I have changed my mind a bit about this.  MACHINE_CPU is not (yet?) nearly
as fundamental as the other MACHINE_* variables.  It is currently just
a build option for libcrypto, so it could be handled like other build
options.

Bruce


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