From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jun 19 12:09:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA09868 for current-outgoing; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 12:09:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grumble.grondar.za (root@grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA09834 for ; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 12:08:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grumble.grondar.za (mark@localhost.grondar.za [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA02531; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 21:05:50 +0200 (SAT) Message-Id: <199606191905.VAA02531@grumble.grondar.za> To: Nate Williams cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: tcl -- what's going on here. Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 21:05:48 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Nate Williams wrote: > > I say, why not _not_ bmake tcl, let it "all hang out" in its original > > format, except untarred and with patches applied, and let its own > > build do the work (modulo some makefile diffs (destdir etc)). diffs > > can easily be generated with 'cvs diff'. Further versions {c|sh}ould > > be imported on vendor branches. > > Because all of the 'Berkeley' targets don't work. > > 'make depend all install clean cleandir obj' etc.. are *useful* (nay > critical) for some installations. But... This is half my point. If this lot was in a directory (say contrib or whatever) then these 'Berkeley' targets don't have to work in each subdir. The contrib/Makefile {c|sh}ould be taught how to do the right thing. M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key