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Date:      Fri, 26 Oct 2012 06:02:10 -0700
From:      Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [CFT/RFC]: refactor bsd.prog.mk to understand multiple programs instead of a singular program
Message-ID:  <508A89D2.807@astart.com>
In-Reply-To: <20121026062356.3143A58094@chaos.jnpr.net>
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On 10/25/12 23:23, Simon J. Gerraty wrote:
>> In particular, why cannot the ':L' and ':U' support be added ?
> Because they already exist - with different meanings.
> They were added to NetBSD make over 10 years ago, from the OSF version
> of pmake.
>
> In several areas the behavior of bmake has been changed to make it a
> drop in replacement for FreeBSD, but the above (not used at all in the
> FreeBSD base) are easier dealt with the other way.  The :tl and :tu
> equivalents were added to FreeBSD make a while back to ease the
> transition.
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At the risk of getting a ton of email telling me what an idiot I am,  
why not add a command line flag OR a make variable/value to set this 
behavior?  You could put the flag/option in the /etc/make.conf file... 
and once you get all of the make files fixed up you could take it out...

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