Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 18:41:44 +0100 From: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> To: "'Bruce Evans'" <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Does building current on 2.2.x still work? Message-ID: <E40CBF0361C7D111914000C0F0303D10866F@OCTOPUS>
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Well, I've replied to this once suggesting a 'buildworld' script but my other thought while I was writing it was why can't we just ensure that the top level Makefile parses in the host environment and then any bootstrapping issues could in fact be dealt with using the bootstrap target. Paul Richards Ph.D. Originative Solutions Ltd > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Evans [mailto:bde@zeta.org.au] > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 1998 3:30 PM > To: jkh@time.cdrom.com; paul@originative.co.uk > Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG; dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu; imp@village.org; > jb@cimlogic.com.au; nrice@emu.sourcee.com > Subject: Re: Does building current on 2.2.x still work? > > > >> Would it make sense to install the new mk files during the > bootstrap > >> target. The original idea I had for the bootstrap target > was to deal > >> with precisely these things, carry out steps required to > bootstrap from > >> the previously released version to current. > > > >Not really, since if the mk files have changed enough to cause the > >Makefile to not even parse properly (which is what happens in this > >case), how are you going to run the bootstrap target at all? :-) > > Not for that reason. src/Makefile is doesn't use any complicated > syntax. It only fails to parse because someone forgot to test for > variables being defined before use in .if statements. It is easier > to skip this check, and similar .if statements are used in *.mk, > so my fix for this problem is to ensure that the variables are > defined. > > Bruce > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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