From owner-cvs-sbin Fri Sep 29 13:35:10 1995 Return-Path: owner-cvs-sbin Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id NAA01594 for cvs-sbin-outgoing; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 13:35:10 -0700 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id NAA01563 ; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 13:34:48 -0700 Received: from grumble.grondar.za (grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id WAA15282; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 22:34:08 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id WAA22635; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 22:34:07 +0200 Message-Id: <199509292034.WAA22635@grumble.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grumble.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: "Garrett A. Wollman" cc: Mark Murray , "Justin T. Gibbs" , "Andrey A. Chernov" , CVS-commiters@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-sbin@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin Makefile Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 22:34:07 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-cvs-sbin@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > < 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