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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 18:39:52 -0500
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Subject: Re: `make cleanworld` and /usr/obj/lib32/usr/src
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On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 14:52, alexbestms@ wrote:
>
> oh. and btw: wouldn't it be reasonable to prevent a user shooting himself in
> the foot if he has the brilliant idea of setting "MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX = /" ?
>
> alex
>

Trying to match something like this is going to get out of control. Though 
this is a nice idea but why should a user be prevented from doing such 
things ?.

Boiling down these are not variables that usually have to be changed and 
if they are changed the user has done a little bit of research and is more 
advanced than most and recognizes that / is not a option.


-- 

  jhell