Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 18:53:22 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r39968 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <201211091853.qA9IrMib034589@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Fri Nov 9 18:53:21 2012 New Revision: 39968 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39968 Log: make world no longer functions exactly as described and its use is generally discouraged except with DESTDIR defined. Approved by: bcr (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Fri Nov 9 18:06:53 2012 (r39967) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Fri Nov 9 18:53:21 2012 (r39968) @@ -9685,35 +9685,6 @@ hint.sio.7.irq="12"</programlisting> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> - <question id="makeworld-clobbers"> - <para>Why does - <command>make <maketarget>world</maketarget></command> - clobber my existing installed binaries?</para> - </question> - - <answer> - <para>Yes, this is the general idea; as its name might - suggest, - <command>make <maketarget>world</maketarget></command> - rebuilds every system binary from scratch, so you can be - certain of having a clean and consistent environment at the - end (which is why it takes so long).</para> - - <para>If the environment variable <envar>DESTDIR</envar> - is defined while running - <command>make <maketarget>world</maketarget></command> or - <command>make <maketarget>install</maketarget></command>, - the newly-created binaries will be deposited in a directory - tree identical to the installed one, rooted at - <literal>${DESTDIR}</literal>. Some random combination of - shared libraries modifications and program rebuilds can - cause this to fail in - <command>make <maketarget>world</maketarget></command> - however.</para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - - <qandaentry> <question id="ctm"> <para>Can I follow <emphasis>-CURRENT</emphasis> with limited Internet access?</para>
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