Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 14:44:45 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Cc: terry@lambert.org, current@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: config, other kernel build tools Message-ID: <199511102144.OAA04612@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <v02130532acc86e42fba7@[199.183.109.242]> from "Richard Wackerbarth" at Nov 9, 95 09:04:31 pm
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> 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.
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