Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 19:20:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: misc/3946: Errors in RELENG_2_2 Message-ID: <199706250220.TAA24064@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/3946; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: brian@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/3946: Errors in RELENG_2_2 Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 21:09:09 -0500 (CDT) On 25-Jun-97 Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >No, it's never been the case that this will work when certain files in >/usr are sufficiently out of sync with /usr/src (and when the files in >question are include files, this is easy to do). > >You should always use the world target when you're even slightly >unsure - only it can guarantee that the proper dependency ordering is >achieved (and sometimes not even then, in which case you have to >shepard the build process through by hand until the delta is >small enough to allow world to work again). OK, I'll be sure to remember that. Thanks. I hadn't looked at /usr/src/Makefile in a very long time -- since I first got into FreeBSD, in fact, and back then the whole thing was just completely mystifying. :-) Looking at it again just now, I can appreciate better why one should only use the recommended targets. Conrad, wishing he could quit his job and just stay home and explore FreeBSD (still so much to learn!) :-) -- Conrad Sabatier http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads/
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