Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 15:23:27 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexander Leidinger <netchild@FreeBSD.org> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no>, imp@FreeBSD.org, Peter Grehan <grehan@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1 ObsoleteFiles.inc src/share/man/man7 build.7 Message-ID: <20050802122327.GO14023@ip.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <20050802140536.zstn68rcgsg84g0w@netchild.homeip.net> References: <200507292145.j6TLjkNc099549@repoman.freebsd.org> <86k6j8g7mq.fsf@xps.des.no> <20050730124053.507227dd@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <863bpvmnww.fsf@xps.des.no> <20050731102343.35bc4aa9@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <20050802090717.GK14023@ip.net.ua> <20050802140536.zstn68rcgsg84g0w@netchild.homeip.net>
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--ZmZU9S7l/XJx5q9b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 02:05:36PM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >=20 > I wasn't talking about technical restrictions. I know that TARGET_ARCH is > always set, else the MACHINE_ARCH !=3D TARGET_ARCH check wouldn't work. >=20 > When an user calls delete-old with DESTDIR set to the root of a non-native > machine architecture he may remove non-obsolete files when he forgets to = set > TARGET_ARCH. I want to prevent this situation. I think "failsafe" is more > important than "POLA" in this case. >=20 > Warner said it's unlikely that someone will use this feature in a cross-a= rch > situation (at least I did understand it this way), so what about waiting > until we get user-feedback for this case? >=20 I'm going to use this feature, just to check things out -- am keeping my systems clean from dust using other measures. I use the AMD64 box to upgrade all other machines in my home network, including sparc64, i386 and alpha. But I can easily live with patched Makefile.inc1 and ObsoleteFiles.inc (the patch is trivial). ;) Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --ZmZU9S7l/XJx5q9b Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFC72W/qRfpzJluFF4RAidKAKCTGkG4/hMgA/XeJOpB0BENylzYiwCgnCKl UW0JvFW93yYmQm3F9y+wujw= =WwKQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZmZU9S7l/XJx5q9b--
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