From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 8 02:51:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85A0B16F052; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 00:48:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from ext-gw.lemis.com (ext-gw.lemis.com [150.101.14.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CFCF43D45; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 00:48:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from wantadilla.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.135]) by ext-gw.lemis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C8AB131E4B; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 10:18:03 +0930 (CST) Received: by wantadilla.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 2B03C86F56; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 10:18:03 +0930 (CST) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 10:18:03 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: John Baldwin Message-ID: <20060608004803.GK81573@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <200606070333.k573XmRc067920@repoman.freebsd.org> <200606071051.47070.jhb@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IuJpT0rwbUevm2bB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200606071051.47070.jhb@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 VoIP: sip:0871270137@sip.internode.on.net WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 Cc: Tom Rhodes , src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org Subject: HISTORICAL_MAKE_WORLD (was: cvs commit: src Makefile README) X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:51:13 -0000 --IuJpT0rwbUevm2bB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday, 7 June 2006 at 10:51:45 -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > On Tuesday 06 June 2006 23:33, Tom Rhodes wrote: >> trhodes 2006-06-07 03:33:48 UTC >> >> FreeBSD src repository >> >> Modified files: >> . Makefile README >> Log: >> Simply running ``make world'' will bomb unless you dig up the >> undocumented HISTORICAL_MAKE_WORLD variable and set it. Note it >> here so the blow up will not really be a surprise to people who >> read. > > I thought the obfuscation was intentional as very few people should > be doing a 'make world' without a custom DESTDIR these days. Then there's no reason not to document it. Warning: FORCE_ROOT_INSTALL can render your system unusable by overwriting existing configuration files. Do not use it unless you are completely aware of the consequences. And yes, a descriptive name like FORCE_ROOT_INSTALL, not HISTORICAL_MAKE_WORLD. > Certainly people new to FreeBSD shouldn't be doing it; only those > with the command hardwired into their brains. We've had > buildworld/installworld since 2.2.5 (or 2.2.6) I think as I've only > had to do a 'make world' once to go from 2.2.2 to 2.2.6. :) FWIW, that's when the rot set in IMO. One of the nice things about FreeBSD *used* to be that to upgrade the system you just needed to do "make world". Now you have a lot more work. The only justification for this regression is that it's really difficult to get everything right. But that's a bug, not a feature. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --IuJpT0rwbUevm2bB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEh3PDIubykFB6QiMRAs19AKCEQ4F24n/JkDr11Qo7p1fMzJ8D8ACfZ9Cx 8iiKFmMYYbxf12r5pbjqBac= =7sPM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IuJpT0rwbUevm2bB--