Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 15:20:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/29740: [PATCH] Setting WRKDIRPREFIX=/usr/obj is a bad idea, but not commented Message-ID: <200108252220.f7PMK2Z43522@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/29740; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: "Peter Avalos" <pavalos@theshell.com> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/29740: [PATCH] Setting WRKDIRPREFIX=/usr/obj is a bad idea, but not commented Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 15:14:31 -0700 "Peter Avalos" <pavalos@theshell.com> writes: > > It seems wrong to tell someone not to do something and not > > provide an explanation. > > I was thinking the same thing, but I honestly don't know why this > confuses make so much. Perhaps someone who can explain this would > like to submit a better patch. It sounds like this is a bug in make(1) that should be fixed (when I first read the PR, I thought this was a documented `feature' of some sorts). Perhaps you (or whoever was having this problem) could file a PR against that with some analysis, and/or at least the simplest test case? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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