Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 10:34:40 -0800 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org> To: Nate Williams <nate@rocky.sri.MT.net> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>, "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@freefall.freebsd.org>, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-usrsbin@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/config Makefile main.c Message-ID: <199511291834.KAA08699@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 29 Nov 1995 10:08:15 MST." <199511291708.KAA20314@rocky.sri.MT.net>
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>That's impossible to do given the current scheme of 'everything is an >option'. However, I think a much better solution to the problem is to >have config kick out a 'remember to do a make clean' if the directory >exists. If the user chooses not to do that, then it's their problem not >ours. Why not make option lines add an entry to a common header file. Only modules that export an option need to include the "option" header. We could have a separate keyword "define" that gives the current behavior so you can still do it the old quick way for debugging. I think that a make depend would have much more value if this was done. >Nate -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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