From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 23 06:17:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA17225 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 06:17:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk (root@skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.222.60]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA17210 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 06:17:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from snowdon.elsevier.co.uk (snowdon.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.197.164]) by skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk (8.6.13/8.6.12) with ESMTP id OAA28464 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 14:17:29 +0100 Received: from tees.elsevier.co.uk (actually host tees) by snowdon with SMTP (PP); Fri, 23 Aug 1996 14:17:08 +0100 Received: (from dpr@localhost) by tees.elsevier.co.uk (8.6.13/8.6.12) id OAA00998; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 14:16:13 +0100 To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Cc: Julian Assange , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Am I wrong or is this just stupid?r References: From: Paul Richards Date: 23 Aug 1996 14:16:12 +0100 In-Reply-To: rkw@dataplex.net's message of Fri, 23 Aug 1996 06:30:50 -0500 Message-ID: <57u3tu2qcj.fsf@elsevier.co.uk> Lines: 21 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.30 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) writes: > I agree that this was the logic behind the process. However, how often do > we really upgrade gcc, etc. ? > I've mentioned this before, I think our build system is a hangover from our early days when build tools were changing frequently. It's rare for this to happen these days and when it does we can special case it for that release in the bootstrap target, which is what we've done anyway for new tools that have been added (like lint). If you do a make depend once and then just type make after each upgrade everything just works at the moment since the bootstrapping stuff is redundant. -- Paul Richards. Originative Solutions Ltd. (Netcraft Ltd. contractor) Elsevier Science TIS online journal project. Email: p.richards@elsevier.co.uk Phone: 0370 462071 (Mobile), +44 (0)1865 843155