Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 22:34:07 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org>, "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@freefall.freebsd.org>, CVS-commiters@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-sbin@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin Makefile Message-ID: <199509292034.WAA22635@grumble.grondar.za>
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> <<On Fri, 29 Sep 1995 22:11:47 +0200, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> said: > > > Right now we have two wrongs making a right. We _have_ to have a make > > with no MAKE_EBONES to make the clean distribution, followed by a nasty > > hack to make the tainted distribution. Why can we not have "make > > distribution" do it properly the first time? Sure we will need to fix > > the make files, but that can of worms has been brewing for a while... > > Not everyone's build environment is based on `make release' and `make > distribute'. Granted. Then the logic should be "if the eBones directory exists, build eBones _unless_ asked not to", rather than "the directory must be present _and_ permission must be granted to build eBones". This would mean that secure and eBones can be added to the system just by dropping them in. M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grumble.grondar.za for PGP key
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