From owner-freebsd-current Wed Dec 9 18:05:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA05064 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 18:05:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA05057 for ; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 18:05:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) id NAA12509; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 13:16:03 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199812100216.NAA12509@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: buildworld and PAM and login and stuff In-Reply-To: <28073.913254630@zippy.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Dec 9, 98 05:50:30 pm" To: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 13:16:02 +1100 (EST) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Just playing devil's advocate: > > Like I said, those are only the unsubtle ones. If you're able to > devise a set of test cases which don't add 3 hours to the buildworld > time and catch potential abuses for all the various knobs in > /etc/make.conf, I'd be the first to buy you a case of beer in sheer > admiration. > > Needless to say, I also consider it a pretty safe bet. :-) Yup. For those who think it _is_ practical to devise a set of test cases, consider this: If I set CFLAGS in make.conf to -pipe on alpha (so that the -O is missing), and I do a `make world' that completes without error, what did I mess up? Anyone know? -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message