From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 18 05:12:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FA9A16A4CE; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 05:12:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp3.server.rpi.edu (smtp3.server.rpi.edu [128.113.2.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45E1F43D5C; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 05:12:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from drosih@rpi.edu) Received: from [128.113.24.47] (gilead.netel.rpi.edu [128.113.24.47]) by smtp3.server.rpi.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i6I5CkuM027200; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 01:12:46 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: drosih@mail.rpi.edu Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20040718045434.GA4487@dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <200407180119.i6I1JXbc068263@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040718045434.GA4487@dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 01:12:45 -0400 To: Marcel Moolenaar From: Garance A Drosihn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . canit . ca) cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org cc: "David E. O'Brien" Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 05:12:47 -0000 At 9:54 PM -0700 7/17/04, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: >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. For all I know, it might be that setting DESTDIR will trigger some other behavior that he is trying to avoid (perhaps something unique to his own setup). I don't mind an extra flag if that makes this change less painful for some situations, but I think we could pick a more sensible name for the flag. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu