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Date:      Thu, 5 Jun 1997 23:07:26 +0100
From:      Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-etc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc/mtree BSD.include.dist
Message-ID:  <19970605230726.06023@pavilion.net>
In-Reply-To: <E0wZhwR-0002yw-00@rover.village.org>; from Warner Losh on Thu, Jun 05, 1997 at 01:11:23PM -0600
References:  <9456.865466424@time.cdrom.com> <E0wZhwR-0002yw-00@rover.village.org>

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On Thu, Jun 05, 1997 at 01:11:23PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> I'd argue for that for other reasons.  I don't want my "installed"
> include files to change out from under me as I do a cvs update in my
> /usr/src/sys area.  This is just wrong, because that's what make
> install is for.
> 
> Some people like it, I know, but in general, for most people it is
> confusing and tends to cause lots of errors.
> 
> Oh, I tend to have /usr/src on a jaz drive, and if I unmount it, I
> can't compile *ANYTHING*.

I agree also (if I'm allowed to mail here.) 
I needed more space on one of my servers and so had to destroy /usr/src.
This inadvertently removed my capability to compile a lot of things.
(There was much unhappiness ;( )
Joe
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