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From: Andrew Maltsev <am@px.f1.ru>
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Subject: Re: list of install exclusions for `make world'
In-Reply-To: <19980325213106.34958@follo.net> from "Eivind Eklund" at "Mar 25, 98 09:31:06 pm"
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> > What about making a user configured list (empty by default) of files
> > which will not be clobbered by `make world'? I think this may be
> > very useful feature. For example my system have some files modified
> > historically and so I have to have post-install script which restores
> > some files (tcp wrappers stuff, editors, shells)..
> > 
> > I'm planning to patch `install' to accept exclusions list and have
> > something like /etc/noclobber.conf.
> 
> Sounds expensive.
> 
> I've started doing a build-limitation system; which allow oyu to build
> only parts of the system.  I think any form of exclusion list should
> probably be integrated here, to avoid having to scan that exclusion
> file for _each_ install command.  There are a _lot_ of them.

No. The file may not present at all for empty list. So it will
be only one additional stat(). Another scenario may be to use
``USE_EXCLUSION_LIST=yes'' in make.conf and some flag to install.
I'm ready to work on it..

But of course if you are planning to do something more universal - it
would be nice. What is estimate time to release some kind of `alpha'?

Andrew.

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