Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 12:54:53 +0100 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Johan Karlsson <johan@freebsd.org> Cc: small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "nanobsd" prototype Message-ID: <59081.1079092493@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 12 Mar 2004 12:52:02 %2B0100." <20040312115202.GA98578@numeri.campus.luth.se>
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In message <20040312115202.GA98578@numeri.campus.luth.se>, Johan Karlsson write s: >On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 16:04 (-0700) +0000, M. Warner Losh wrote: >> In message: <52729.1079033952@critter.freebsd.dk> >> "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes: >> : I want nanobsd to use the normal build/installworld targets, but feel >> : free to prune your system in the Customize target. >> >> Maybe it is time to have a generic way to include/exclude directories >> from installworld, but not buildworld. > >We kind of have this already > ># make buildworld ># make installworld SUBDIR_OVERRIDE='dirs to include' > >I guess it would be trivial to add a new variable >SUBDIR_OVERRIDE_INSTALL that only affects the installworld >target if you need to put in make.conf. While this may technically be a possibility, it is a lousy userinterface to the FreeBSD hacker who's trying to configure an embedded system. I think the NO_FOO principle of functional exclusion is far more user friendly. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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