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From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
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Subject: Re: Makefile change...
To: scrappy@hub.org (Marc G. Fournier)
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 11:16:41 -0800 (PST)
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> 
> 
> Hi...
> 
> 	Since I don't quite think of this as a send-pr problem 
> report (yes, I've sent one in that way, sorry...), and I don't really
> know of any better place to send it, could someone who "has the power"
> sutff this into *-current's /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin?
> 
> 	Its a modified Makefile that actually checks to see if part
> of the source tree is even installed before trying to make it.  for
> instance, I don't have awk, since I don't want make world to install
> over the one I already have.  Same as tar and cc.
> 
> 	None of the Makefiles, except for /usr/src/Makefile, does
> any checking on this.  
> 
> 	Also...is there a better place to send this so that it doesn't
> go out to the list as a whole?

I would suggest you do what I do in these cases:

1)  cp Makefile makefile
2)  vi makefile # change to my hearts content
3)  learn about make's ability to do for loops
4)  Keep a close eye on changes to src/gnu/usr.bin/Makefile that
    you may need to bring into your _local_ makefile.


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