Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:37:43 +0100 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: rwatson@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: mergemaster broken? Message-ID: <20060321233743.GA70193@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <44206E9F.6020702@FreeBSD.org> References: <20060320221741.GA13699@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20060320230009.GA55254@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20060320231604.GH83781@ip.net.ua> <20060320232746.GI83781@ip.net.ua> <20060320234006.GV35129@funkthat.com> <20060320234145.GB33003@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20060321064528.GD77849@ip.net.ua> <44206E9F.6020702@FreeBSD.org>
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--bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 01:22:39PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 03:40:06PM -0800, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > >>> Should we also document that -m is suppose to be src's etc dir instead > >>> of src? I've accidentally pointed -m at src, and then it does a make > >>> which is quite ammuzing as it's completely the wrong thing... Or now > >>> that we call outside of /etc, should we make -m really point to src, > >>> and have the proper calls add etc to the directory? >=20 > I strongly dislike the idea of changing the semantics of the -m option. I= t's > been the way it is since day 1, and I really hate to make changes to > something like that. I can see a case for making the man page more clear, > but I'd rather work around the problem with -m than change the semantics. FWIW, I've _always_ cursed this option; I keep forgetting to point it at a subdirectory of the one I use 'make installworld' in. If you ask me, this is one of those 'please break backwards compatibility for the sake of keeping people sane' kind of things. My EUR 0.02, --Stijn --=20 "...I like logs. They give me a warm fuzzy feeling. I've been known to keep logs for 30 months at a time (generally when I thought I was rotating them daily, but was actually rotating them once a month)." -- Michael Lucas, in Big Scary Daemons article 'Controlling Bandwidth' --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEII5HY3r/tLQmfWcRArVmAJ0Sp32y6fCDZU3kbItLuvHJs1rJigCfd4oQ I6arlZnMFxHc3Sj5UjGyT/w= =7DsI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5--
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