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Date:      Mon, 17 Nov 1997 16:52:55 -0800
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        evanc@synapse.net
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Way to _not_ build something in make world?
Message-ID:  <199711180052.QAA12127@austin.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971116022600.25788A-100000@cello.synapse.net>

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In article <Pine.BSF.3.96.971116022600.25788A-100000@cello.synapse.net>,
Evan Champion  <evanc@synapse.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, spork wrote:
> 
> > Copy "Makefile" to "makefile" and cvsup won't touch it, and make reads the
> > lower-case one first...
> 
> Well, I have cvsup running in delete mode, so unless I specifically told
> it to leave the file alone, it's just going to nuke the makefile.

No, even in delete mode it will only remove files that it created
itself.

If you don't trust it, then read about "refuse" files in the man
page.

John
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   John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com
   John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                Seattle, Washington USA
   "Self-knowledge is always bad news."                 -- John Barth


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