Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 16:54:24 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Matthew Whelan <muttley@gotadsl.co.uk> Cc: cjclark@alum.mit.edu, Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Removing /usr/obj Message-ID: <20011106165424.B7262@kayak.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <200111062357.fA6NvMQ07166@kayak.xcllnt.net> References: <200111062357.fA6NvMQ07166@kayak.xcllnt.net>
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On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 11:57:21PM -0000, Matthew Whelan wrote: > >The Handbook has long said, > > > > 19.4.5 Remove /usr/obj > > > > [snip] > > > > You can speed up the ``make world'' process, and possibly save > > yourself some dependency headaches by removing this directory as > > well. > > Given that the rm -r is claimed to be both faster and safer, what's the > rationale behind the Makefile doing it the long-winded way? Correctness. The make buildworld and make buildkernel targets have been designed for crossbuilding and hence upgrading. Especially in the context of upgrading, you want a process that chooses safety over performance. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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