From owner-cvs-user Tue Sep 16 01:57:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA12597 for cvs-user-outgoing; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 01:57:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pillar.elsevier.co.uk (root@pillar.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.222.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA12469; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 01:55:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from snowdon.elsevier.co.uk (snowdon.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.197.164]) by pillar.elsevier.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA20318; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 09:54:25 +0100 (BST) Received: from screavie.elsevier.co.uk by snowdon.elsevier.co.uk with SMTP (PP); Tue, 16 Sep 1997 09:54:12 +0100 Received: from tees.elsevier.co.uk (tees.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.192.70]) by screavie.elsevier.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA23926; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 09:53:59 +0100 (BST) Received: (from dpr@localhost) by tees.elsevier.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA00382; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 09:53:58 +0100 (BST) To: Bruce Evans Cc: p.richards@elsevier.co.uk, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-user@FreeBSD.ORG, rgrimes@FreeBSD.ORG, rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile References: <199709151704.DAA24567@godzilla.zeta.org.au> From: Paul Richards Date: 16 Sep 1997 09:53:57 +0100 In-Reply-To: Bruce Evans's message of Tue, 16 Sep 1997 03:04:56 +1000 Message-ID: <57vi01hc62.fsf@tees.elsevier.co.uk> Lines: 21 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.4.37/Emacs 19.30 Sender: owner-cvs-user@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Bruce Evans writes: > >> That doesn't follow. There are lots of poorly named internal targets. > >> Try `make bootstrap'. It will make a mess unless invoked with a > >> temporary DESTDIR. > > > >Umm, make bootstrap was never meant to be an internal target, I think > >I originally added that and it was supposed to be a one-off upgrade > >target to bootstrap yourself from the previous release to current. > > The comment before it says otherwise. The point I meant to make was that some apparently internal targets have become so rather than being initially designed so which is why they aren't named that way. The fault lies with the person who did the evolving not the original implementor. -- Dr Paul Richards. IT, Product Application Development. Email: p.richards@elsevier.co.uk Phone: x3155