Date: 16 Sep 1997 09:53:57 +0100 From: Paul Richards <p.richards@elsevier.co.uk> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> 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 Message-ID: <57vi01hc62.fsf@tees.elsevier.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Bruce Evans's message of Tue, 16 Sep 1997 03:04:56 %2B1000 References: <199709151704.DAA24567@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> 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
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