From owner-freebsd-current Fri Nov 10 13:53:00 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id NAA12516 for current-outgoing; Fri, 10 Nov 1995 13:53:00 -0800 Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [192.216.222.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id NAA12503 ; Fri, 10 Nov 1995 13:52:54 -0800 Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.211]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id NAA22499 ; Fri, 10 Nov 1995 13:50:24 -0800 Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id OAA04612; Fri, 10 Nov 1995 14:44:45 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199511102144.OAA04612@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: config, other kernel build tools To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 14:44:45 -0700 (MST) Cc: terry@lambert.org, current@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Richard Wackerbarth" at Nov 9, 95 09:04:31 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1076 Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > At 8:40 PM 11/9/95, Terry Lambert wrote: > >Like putting them in a "tools" dir at the same level as the kern and > >compile and arch specific directories. > > I certainly have no problem with that location in src/ > Now I'll throw in the "ringer". gcc and make are also "tools". I think I can safely argue that you're not allowed to include them because they aren't allowed to change as frequently as the config program. 8-). Not that the config program should be allowed to change as fast as it has without providing guarantees re: backward compatability. > >Right. But I can't use it because using it entails murdering the one > >for the current system (ie: installing it). > > That's because the present make system is EVIL, CORRUPT, and should be > ERATICATED. Anybody who builds on top of the running system is like the > proverbial guy out on the limb with saw in hand sawing between himself and > the trunk. Aha! 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.