Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 14:08:24 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: better way to build libraries.. Message-ID: <20061001.140824.-1264104565.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20060928231816.GI80527@funkthat.com> References: <20060928231816.GI80527@funkthat.com>
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John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> writes:
: Comments? Improvements?
Generally, libraries are considered to be a critical part of the
system. They often have many different interdependencies. This is
why we have buildworld: to account for them. If you make the patches
that you describe, then you break the upgrade path for people with
older systems.
You don't need to do a complete buildworld either to get new
libraries. However, teasing out the parts that you do and don't need
can be a chore. Maybe we should enhance the build system to be able
to say 'rebuild just the libraries w/o rebuilding the toolchain'.
Warner
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