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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: bde@zeta.org.au, Shimon@i-Connect.Net
Subject: RE: Make world failure
Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, randyd@nconnect.net
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>>  Untested fix (for -current):
>>  
>>  diff -c2 Makefile~ Makefile
>>  *** Makefile~        Sat Sep 27 01:42:58 1997
>>  --- Makefile Sat Sep 27 01:53:47 1997
>
>The net effect of this fix is the fastest make buildworld ever experienced
>:-)
>
>It build make allright.  But this is all it did here.  Made make and exited
>quietly.  Wiping /usr/obj out still works.

I tested it a bit.  It doesn't exit early even when ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}
exists here (DESTDIR=/c/z/root MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=/c/z/obj).

Bruce