Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 21:54:34 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile Message-ID: <20040718045434.GA4487@dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <p06110413bd1fa05bdc86@[128.113.24.47]> References: <200407180119.i6I1JXbc068263@repoman.freebsd.org> <p06110413bd1fa05bdc86@[128.113.24.47]>
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On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 11:37:43PM -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > At 1:19 AM +0000 7/18/04, David E. O'Brien wrote: > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > Modified files: > > . Makefile > > Log: > > Add an "out" to the now required BS of defining DESTDIR. > > How about something a little shorter and more descriptive of > what it is controlling? Say, "ALLOW_PLAIN_MAKE_WORLD" instead > of "I_KNOW_WHAT_IM_DOING_THANKYOU_VERY_MUCH" Any such option is totally unnecessary because you only have to add DESTDIR?=/ to /etc/make.conf to get the old behaviour back. This also demonstrates that the people who scream the loudest that hey know what they're doing very often do not. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net
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