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From: "Peter Avalos" <pavalos@theshell.com>
Subject: RE: docs/29740: [PATCH] Setting WRKDIRPREFIX=/usr/obj is a bad idea, but not commented 
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The following reply was made to PR docs/29740; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Peter Avalos" <pavalos@theshell.com>
To: "'Dima Dorfman'" <dima@unixfreak.org>
Cc: <FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org>
Subject: RE: docs/29740: [PATCH] Setting WRKDIRPREFIX=/usr/obj is a bad idea, but not commented 
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 20:14:19 -0500

 > 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.
 

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