Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 17:09:53 -0500 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Wes Peters <wes@opensail.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/make Makefile Message-ID: <20060515220953.GD1447@eucla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <7BBE23A6-5124-424A-AAA8-46238682A954@opensail.org> References: <200605111808.k4BI8iSx029474@repoman.freebsd.org> <7BBE23A6-5124-424A-AAA8-46238682A954@opensail.org>
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--ZJcv+A0YCCLh2VIg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Friday, 12 May 2006 at 22:08:46 -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > On May 11, 2006, at 11:08 AM, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > >> ru 2006-05-11 18:08:44 UTC >> >> FreeBSD src repository >> >> Modified files: >> usr.bin/make Makefile >> Log: >> So, what's it supposed to say when you type "make love"? > > Classic UNIXisms from 7th edition: > > $ make love not war > make: don't know how to make love. stop. > > $ cat food > cat: cannot open food I recall these two slightly differently: $ make love not war? $ cat "can of tuna" cat: cannot open can of tuna The root password of the first UNIX machine I used (but didn't administer), about 20 years ago, was "cat: can" (in the days of 8 character passwords). Here are some real life examples for modern machines. I'll leave you to guess what the operating systems are. =3D=3D=3D grog@aix52 (/dev/pts/2) ~ 1 -> make love make: 1254-002 Cannot find a rule to create target love from dependencie= s. Stop. =3D=3D=3D grog@aix52 (/dev/pts/2) ~ 3 -> cat "can of tuna" cat: 0652-050 Cannot open can of tuna. =3D=3D=3D grog@aix52 (/dev/pts/2) ~ 4 ->=20 =3D=3D=3D grog@hpita2 (/dev/pts/1) ~ 1 -> make love Make: Don't know how to make love. Stop. =3D=3D=3D grog@hpita2 (/dev/pts/1) ~ 2 -> cat "can of tuna" cat: Cannot open can of tuna: No such file or directory =3D=3D=3D grog@hpita2 (/dev/pts/1) ~ 3 ->=20 =3D=3D=3D grog@intelxeon3 (/dev/pts/2) ~ 1 -> make love make: *** No rule to make target `love'. Stop. =3D=3D=3D grog@intelxeon3 (/dev/pts/2) ~ 2 -> cat "can of tuna" cat: cannot open can of tuna =3D=3D=3D grog@intelxeon3 (/dev/pts/2) ~ 3 ->=20 =3D=3D=3D grog@octane2 (/dev/ttyq0) ~ 1 -> make love don't know how to make love (bu42). =3D=3D=3D grog@octane2 (/dev/ttyq0) ~ 2 -> cat "can of tuna" Cannot open can of tuna: No such file or directory =3D=3D=3D grog@octane2 (/dev/ttyq0) ~ 3 ->=20 =3D=3D=3D grog@sol10-sparc-a (/dev/pts/1) ~ 1 -> make love make: *** No rule to make target `love'. Stop. =3D=3D=3D grog@sol10-sparc-a (/dev/pts/1) ~ 2 -> cat "can of tuna" cat: cannot open can of tuna =3D=3D=3D grog@sol10-sparc-a (/dev/pts/1) ~ 3 ->=20 Greg --=20 See complete headers for address and phone numbers --ZJcv+A0YCCLh2VIg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEaPwwIubykFB6QiMRAqK3AJ9PBOqgpRzoTjQOE7Cd3OeEIB3BUgCggDYx tQGGEYJ6op4WcU35W+dlO+4= =BsVB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZJcv+A0YCCLh2VIg--
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