Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 21:49:34 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: jb@cimlogic.com.au, nik@iii.co.uk Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Subject: Re: Does building current on 2.2.x still work? Message-ID: <199807221149.VAA16770@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> John, if you're happy, with the following, I'll add it as 5.3 to the >> tutorial (bumping everything else on one). Can anyone else supply an >> accurate value for 'x'? > >I don't think this is the way to word it. Anyone building -current needs >to allow for the possibility that changes might have been made to the >.mk files since the last installation on their machine. We all expect that >sources in the tree are consistent so that /usr/src/Makefile should only >be interpreted by make in conjunction with the .mk include files that are >also in the tree. To ensure that this consistency is maintained and the >world has the best chance of building, novice world builders should >_always_ use the -m argument "just in case" IMHO. This shouldn't be necessary. Novice world builders should expect `make world' to find the correct .mk files like it used to. >The fact that it is often possible to build without the -m argument >should be the thing that is left undocumented. We shouldn't need to >make special mention about building -current on 2.2.6 when there is >a "command for all seasons" that is backed by logic. All seasons of 2.2. -m doesn't exist in 2.1. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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