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Date:      Fri, 9 Nov 2012 18:53:22 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>
To:        doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r39968 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq
Message-ID:  <201211091853.qA9IrMib034589@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: eadler
Date: Fri Nov  9 18:53:21 2012
New Revision: 39968
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39968

Log:
  make world no longer functions exactly as described and its use is
  generally discouraged except with DESTDIR defined.
  
  Approved by:	bcr (mentor)

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Fri Nov  9 18:06:53 2012	(r39967)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Fri Nov  9 18:53:21 2012	(r39968)
@@ -9685,35 +9685,6 @@ hint.sio.7.irq="12"</programlisting>
       </qandaentry>
 
       <qandaentry>
-	<question id="makeworld-clobbers">
-	  <para>Why does
-	    <command>make <maketarget>world</maketarget></command>
-	    clobber my existing installed binaries?</para>
-	</question>
-
-	<answer>
-	  <para>Yes, this is the general idea; as its name might
-	    suggest,
-	    <command>make <maketarget>world</maketarget></command>
-	    rebuilds every system binary from scratch, so you can be
-	    certain of having a clean and consistent environment at the
-	    end (which is why it takes so long).</para>
-
-	  <para>If the environment variable <envar>DESTDIR</envar>
-	    is defined while running
-	    <command>make <maketarget>world</maketarget></command> or
-	    <command>make <maketarget>install</maketarget></command>,
-	    the newly-created binaries will be deposited in a directory
-	    tree identical to the installed one, rooted at
-	    <literal>${DESTDIR}</literal>.  Some random combination of
-	    shared libraries modifications and program rebuilds can
-	    cause this to fail in
-	    <command>make <maketarget>world</maketarget></command>
-	    however.</para>
-	</answer>
-      </qandaentry>
-
-      <qandaentry>
 	<question id="ctm">
 	  <para>Can I follow <emphasis>-CURRENT</emphasis> with limited
 	    Internet access?</para>



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