From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 22 10:13:35 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEE8E16A4CF for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 10:13:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from pit.databus.com (p70-227.acedsl.com [66.114.70.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC3F943FAF for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 10:13:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from barney@pit.databus.com) Received: from pit.databus.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pit.databus.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hAMIDXTb005724; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 13:13:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from barney@pit.databus.com) Received: (from barney@localhost) by pit.databus.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id hAMIDXfW005723; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 13:13:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from barney) Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 13:13:33 -0500 From: Barney Wolff To: Bruce Evans Message-ID: <20031122181332.GA5642@pit.databus.com> References: <20031121173342.X61191@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20031122024417.GA93051@pit.databus.com> <20031122234043.V1054@gamplex.bde.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031122234043.V1054@gamplex.bde.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dumb question 'Bad system call' after make world X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 18:13:35 -0000 On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 11:42:04PM +1100, Bruce Evans wrote: > On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Barney Wolff wrote: > > > Will somebody please tell me when "make world" is ever correct in the > > environment of the last several years? I've been unable to understand > > its continued existence as a target. > > >From my normal world-building script: > > DESTDIR=/c/z/root \ > MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=/c/z/obj \ > time -l make -s world > /tmp/world.out 2>&1 Oh, so it's only correct when you're not really installing world on the system you're building on? Would replacing this with ( make buildworld && make installworld ) really be a hardship? Must we continue to invite innocents to clobber their systems? -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.