From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 22 16:28:31 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id QAA12017 for current-outgoing; Wed, 22 Feb 1995 16:28:31 -0800 Received: from ref.tfs.com (ref.tfs.com [140.145.254.251]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA12011 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 1995 16:28:25 -0800 Received: (from phk@localhost) by ref.tfs.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) id QAA06370; Wed, 22 Feb 1995 16:27:45 -0800 From: Poul-Henning Kamp Message-Id: <199502230027.QAA06370@ref.tfs.com> Subject: Re: TRUE and FALSE To: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 16:27:44 -0800 (PST) Cc: current@freefall.cdrom.com In-Reply-To: <199502230023.RAA16248@trout.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Feb 22, 95 05:23:23 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 822 Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > The fundamental problem is that the source-tree should be self-contained. > > > > Just think about the benefit of a "make world" which will not hose your > > c-compiler if the c-compiler source is sick... > > And just where am I going to install the new tools? This assumes that I > have room for 2 completely independant 'systems' on the same box. This > is very rarely the case for most folks. And for those that do have the > room for both, an chroot tree works *almost* as good as doesn't cause a > lot of un-ncessary headache for the common case. Nate, a chroot tree has exactly the same size as one made using proper application of the $DESTDIR. Thinks about it... -- Poul-Henning Kamp TRW Financial Systems, Inc. I am Pentium Of Borg. Division is Futile. You WILL be approximated.