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Date:      Wed, 12 Aug 2015 22:02:01 -0700
From:      Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r286687 - head
Message-ID:  <2340246B-FDDB-419B-B9E4-25ADA6A15FF1@gmail.com>
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On Aug 12, 2015, at 21:59, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 8/13/15 12:53 PM, Warner Losh wrote:
>>> On Aug 12, 2015, at 10:46 PM, Julian Elischer <julian@FreeBSD.org> =
wrote:
>>>=20
>>> On 8/13/15 3:00 AM, Warner Losh wrote:
>>>> Author: imp
>>>> Date: Wed Aug 12 19:00:47 2015
>>>> New Revision: 286687
>>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/286687
>>>>=20
>>>> Log:
>>>>   Document build-tools better. Add rescue back because it builds =
/bin/sh
>>>>   which has a build-tools target (see commit for how build-tools =
and
>>>>   cross-tools differ).
>>> really? do we build ALL of rescue? that contains most of /bin and =
lots of /usr/bin.
>>> that's  a lot..   Can we not just build/bin/sh itself?
> I was confused because you put the entry for the entire rescue. not =
the subdirectory.
>> No, we don=92t. Check the logs before complaining. It builds the =
build-tools target
>> which is empty for the vast majority of rescue. It wasn=92t obvious =
why it was there,
>> until I deleted it. Then it became obvious, but I thought I=92d =
document why.
>=20
> do we build sh through rescue just to get a static binary?
> It seems a rather non-obvious way to get one. but if we are building =
it that way anyhow,
> maybe we should throw a whole bunch of other build time utils in there =
as well?
> might speed up the compile..

No. It=92s only building bits and pieces needed to bootstrap /bin/sh and =
/bin/tcsh for /rescue/rescue .=



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