Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 21:40:00 +0000 From: void <float@firedrake.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patch to fix "make buildkernel requires full obj directory" mistake Message-ID: <20010123214000.B19691@firedrake.org> In-Reply-To: <200101232133.f0NLXq920871@harmony.village.org>; from imp@harmony.village.org on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 02:33:52PM -0700 References: <20010123212413.A19691@firedrake.org> <20010118101315.A10537@rapier.smartspace.co.za> <200101220811.f0M8BF906529@harmony.village.org> <20010123212413.A19691@firedrake.org> <200101232133.f0NLXq920871@harmony.village.org>
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On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 02:33:52PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
> In message <20010123212413.A19691@firedrake.org> void writes:
> : Is it possible/desirable to have make print a message upon failure of
> : the buildkernel target, suggesting that the user do a buildworld if
> : they haven't done so? I know that sounds a bit more hand-holdish than
> : FreeBSD tends to be, but I think it would be nice.
>
> It is desirable, I think, but hard to know for sure if you have a
> stale world or a current world. No buildworld at all is easy to detect.
I would suggest not trying to detect the condition but simply mentioning
that it is a possible cause of failure and letting the user figure it out
from there.
--
Ben
"I told Paddy no, I told Steve no, I told Paul no, and Ben fell asleep."
--Kate C. (no, different Ben, I would have stayed up)
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