Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 09:40:25 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Cc: freebsd-current@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: make world Message-ID: <199704080010.JAA12168@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95q.970407165836.15555A-100000@protocol.eng.umd.edu> from Chuck Robey at "Apr 7, 97 05:06:56 pm"
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Chuck Robey stands accused of saying: > You know, there are several things installed by a make world that I > *really* wish I could condition out via a make veriable: ... > Would it be possible to add a variable to the make files so that some of > this stuff would be ignored on build and install? Well, I know it's > logically possible, I mean politically possible or desireable? I put forward a scheme using some slight mods to bsd.subdir.mk and subdirectory Makefiles, but I was ignored. Perhaps I should have taken that as a "yes, go ahead"? This was tied in with the perl5 discussions. Hey Perl people, I thought the "stable" perl5 was due out RSN. What happened? Atari take over Perl development? > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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