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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Subject: Re: misc/4395: if exists(secure) in /usr/src/Makefile is bogus
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The following reply was made to PR misc/4395; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To: bde@zeta.org.au, j@ida.interface-business.de
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: misc/4395: if exists(secure) in /usr/src/Makefile is bogus
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:55:39 +1000

 >> >If /usr/obj/secure does exist, but /usr/src/secure doesn't, the above
 >> >construct wrongly causes descending into the `secure' subdirectory.
 >> 
 >> How would /usr/obj/secure (actually /usr/obj/usr/src/secure) exist?
 >
 >By a previous `make' where /usr/src/secure did exist.
 >
 >I've posted this on behalf of a friend who's been hit by it for the
 >second time...  I believe it's bogus to check for `exist(secure)' in
 >the /usr/obj hierarchy, that's why i've made it a PR.
 
 I forgot that the whole tree for /usr/obj is now usually created.
 
 The check wasn't bogus when obj directories were subdirectories.
 Then NOOBJ or not including anything except bsd.subdir.mk (as in
 src/Makefile) stopped separate obj directories from being created.
 Some other Makefiles (e.g., share/syscons/fonts) still depend on
 this behaviour and get it because they are in leaf directories.
 
 Bruce