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From: Coranth Gryphon <gryphon@healer.com>
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To: julian@ref.tfs.com, peter@taronga.com
Subject: Re: ports startup scripts
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From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>
> use Make to start the system

I like this idea. It also solves the dependency problem.

Can a make file 'include' be set to take in anything with a given
extension (a la ".INCLUDE *.startup.mk")?

> echo "# Hi there.. This is Eddy your Shipboard Computer " >/tmp/boot.mk
> for i in /init.mk/*
> do
>   echo ".include $i" >>/tmp/boot.mk
> done
> make -k -f /tmp/boot.mk

Or we just go back to the control file concept (:-), but have it be
a makefile, so depenencies are simple (and no longer file order specific).

-coranth

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