Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:49:37 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> Cc: clefevre@noos.fr, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: patch for bsd.lib.mk to create include and lib dirs Message-ID: <200101242249.f0OMnb962114@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 25 Jan 2001 00:41:43 %2B0200." <20010125004143.B442@ringworld.oblivion.bg> References: <20010125004143.B442@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <zoggyfoy.fsf@gits.dyndns.org> <20010124113902.B332@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <zoggyfoy.fsf@gits.dyndns.org> <200101242202.f0OM2I961735@harmony.village.org>
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In message <20010125004143.B442@ringworld.oblivion.bg> Peter Pentchev writes: : Well, it's either use install -d, or define MKDIR in sys.mk. : Opinions? install -d is a little better. : > But why have a define for this? Why not check to make sure that : > directory is missing before trying to create it? : : I'd rather it was a define, because automatically creating directories : might mean new directories *in the source tree* are left out of the : hier mtree files. Having a define be turned on only by programs that : know they need it could avoid this IMHO. I guess I'm objecting to creating directories that already exist... But it isn't a huge objection. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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