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Date:      Wed, 02 Mar 2005 11:18:34 +0100
From:      des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/include Makefile
Message-ID:  <863bvepczp.fsf@xps.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <200503020740.j227eJEu044031@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200503020740.j227eJEu044031@repoman.freebsd.org>

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Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> writes:
>   Log:
>   Sync the list of headers visible with SHARED=symlinks with those
>   visible with SHARED=copies.

Why do we keep SHARED=symlinks around?  It has a non-zero maintenance
cost (as evidenced by this commit) and offers no apparent benefit
except the ability to shoot your foot off by building your bootstrap
tools against the wrong set of headers.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@des.no



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