From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Feb 19 12:35:58 2004
Return-Path: <owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP
	id 09C4116A4CF; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 12:35:58 -0800 (PST)
Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP
	id E3C7C43D1D; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 12:35:57 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com)
Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i1JKZrOJ099487;
	Thu, 19 Feb 2004 12:35:53 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com)
Received: (from obrien@localhost)
	by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i1JKZpQQ099486;
	Thu, 19 Feb 2004 12:35:51 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from obrien)
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 12:35:51 -0800
From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
To: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no>
Message-ID: <20040219203551.GC98804@dragon.nuxi.com>
References: <200402162018.i1GKIQK4029731@repoman.freebsd.org>
	<p06020431bc58344f6847@[128.113.24.47]> <20040219134104.GB14981@ip.net.ua>
	<xzpeksrw3si.fsf@dwp.des.no>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <xzpeksrw3si.fsf@dwp.des.no>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i
X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT
Organization: The NUXI BSD Group
X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3  90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A
X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5
cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org
cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org
cc: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
cc: Garance A Drosehn <gad@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile
X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
Reply-To: obrien@FreeBSD.org
List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree <cvs-all.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all>,
	<mailto:cvs-all-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-all>
List-Post: <mailto:cvs-all@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:cvs-all-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all>,
	<mailto:cvs-all-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 20:35:58 -0000

On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 03:18:53PM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote:
> Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > Also, why "rm -rf ${.OBJDIR}/*" instead of "rm -rf ${.OBJDIR}"?
> > Is it to preserve a possibly symlinked /usr/obj?
> 
> Probably because if ${.OBJDIR} is a symlink, 'rm -rf ${.OBJDIR}' will
> just remove the symlink and not the actual files.  A better way to
> address this is with 'rm -rf ${.OBJDIR}/', which will remove the
> contents of the directory the symlink points to before removing the
> symlink.

The original is better -- it can be used as a lay-person.
Several of my obj directories are owned by non-root, and using
${.OBJDIR}/* DTRT.