Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 20:00:58 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-current@freefall.cdrom.com, mark@grunt.grondar.za Subject: Re: REMAKE WORLD Message-ID: <199501271800.UAA10232@grunt.grondar.za>
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> OK, guys! I'm on the "make" and I'm 'gonna take on the world. As long as you realise this takes 7 days, I think you have a good thing... > The warts on the makefile system have gotten out of control. It is time to > throw out the old nag and get a fresh horse. > > I've "talked" to Jordan and we agree that this is a "good idea(tm)." > > Nothing is sacred. :-) In the beginning... > The plan: > 1) Determine design goals : : > So much for starters. What other ideas do you want to throw in? In the ports tree, (I know this is a little detail, but let's sow the seed now) lets make some kind of cookie that shows whether a port is installed. (Sort-of-like-a /var/installed/less-<version>) that other port builds can use. > 7. I know that we are not NetBSD but ... Multi-platform cross compiling is > close enough to a fall-out that I think we should include the mechanism for > it. Of course. Lets work towards "grand unification"! > 8. For those of us who build "sup -current" trees, the ability to post a > "forget this program" lock which will allow a virtual delete of targets > that do not properly build without altering the Makefiles. Something like an "anti-build-cookie"? M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200
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