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Date:      Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:39:46 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Cc:        rihad <rihad@mail.ru>
Subject:   Re: make -DNOCLEAN buildworld taking a long time
Message-ID:  <200710261939.47467.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <4721B3FF.5040003@mail.ru>
References:  <4721B3FF.5040003@mail.ru>

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On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, rihad wrote:
> I'm frequently doing cd /usr/src/ && make update, and then the whole
> buildworld/kernel/mergemaster dance.  Why is make -DNOCLEAN

You can use -DNO_KERNELDEPEND for kernel stuff if you're confident the=20
changes you're making won't impact on file dependencies.

I have to wonder why you're doing it often though..

> buildworld kernel taking a long time rebuilding most parts? Shouldn't
> it only build whatever has changed?

Unfortunately due to limitations in the way make works and is being used=20
mean that there is a lot of crap to get through even if nothing is=20
actually done :(

=2D-=20
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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