From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 17 16:53:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA29230 for current-outgoing; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 16:53:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA29224 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 16:53:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@austin.polstra.com) Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA12127; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 16:52:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp) Message-Id: <199711180052.QAA12127@austin.polstra.com> To: evanc@synapse.net Subject: Re: Way to _not_ build something in make world? In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: current@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 16:52:55 -0800 From: John Polstra Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In article , Evan Champion 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 -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth