From owner-freebsd-current Mon Oct 12 05:00:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA13294 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 05:00:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA13288; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 05:00:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (IDENT:Yg8luHc6i/7rhfKIVBE1MGtD8XQRetWr@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA01144; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:59:57 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <199810121159.NAA01144@gratis.grondar.za> To: Richard Wackerbarth cc: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami), kpielorz@tdx.co.uk, eivind@yes.no, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Never ending 'make clean' in kde port? In-Reply-To: Your message of " Mon, 12 Oct 1998 06:49:26 EST." References: (message from Karl Pielorz on Sun, 11 Oct 1998 20:46:53 +0100 (BST)) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:59:56 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > The recommended solution is to transfer the "clean" operation to the top > of the ports tree and do it in one "make" at that point. This allows "make" > to resolve the multiple target references and do them only once. > > I can supply a prototype. I will offer to implement it (post 3.0 release) if > the changes will get committed. There already exists a knob; NOCLEANDEPENDS=yes. Perhaps it needs some refinement? Write the code, and if folk like it, they'll commit it. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message