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Date:      Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:35:04 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r185499 - head
Message-ID:  <863ah8qarb.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20081201132554.GD27096@elvis.mu.org> (Alfred Perlstein's message of "Mon, 1 Dec 2008 05:25:54 -0800")
References:  <200812010045.mB10jpmX007146@svn.freebsd.org> <49338E98.7020104@freebsd.org> <863ah8rvcd.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20081201132554.GD27096@elvis.mu.org>

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Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> writes:
> If you strongly believe that a target should return "true" on failure
> and/or output "i worked" on failure

I don't, and I don't understand why you think I do.  I have stated very
clearly that I don't like the universe target.

> then I'm not sure how to approach
> that mindset, maybe you can help me understand where you're coming from
> on that?  Where is the utility in it?  Is there something I'm missing?

You'll have to ask Poul-Henning, who wrote the universe target in the
first place.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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