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Subject: make world suggestion
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 15:51:29 -0600
From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
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Right now the Makefile looks like:
...
world:	pre-world hierarchy mk $(WORLD_CLEANDIST) bootstrap include-tools includes lib-tools libraries build-tools
	@echo "--------------------------------------------------------------"
	@echo " Rebuilding ${DESTDIR} The whole thing"
	@echo "--------------------------------------------------------------"
	@echo
	cd ${.CURDIR} && ${MAKE} depend all install
	cd ${.CURDIR}/share/man &&		${MAKE} makedb
.if target(post-world)
	cd ${.CURDIR} && ${MAKE} post-world
.endif
	@echo "make world completed on `date`"
...

However, it is often times nice to have something that I can do to
rebuild the world when I know that it is safe to do so.  Sure, I can
just do a make depend all install followed by a makedb, but wouldn't
it be nicer if there was a rebuild target?  The above would look like:

...
world:	pre-world hierarchy mk $(WORLD_CLEANDIST) bootstrap include-tools includes lib-tools libraries build-tools rebuild
.if target(post-world)
	cd ${.CURDIR} && ${MAKE} post-world
.endif
	@echo "make world completed on `date`"

rebuild:
	@echo "--------------------------------------------------------------"
	@echo " Rebuilding ${DESTDIR} The whole thing"
	@echo "--------------------------------------------------------------"
	@echo
	cd ${.CURDIR} && ${MAKE} depend all install
	cd ${.CURDIR}/share/man &&		${MAKE} makedb
...

Comments?

Warner