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From: Craig Carey <research@ijs.co.nz>
Subject: Re: misc/33567: RELENG_4 won't makeworld; bsd.dep.mk,
  Makefile.inc1 bugs; "Linux ELF" need of kernel
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The following reply was made to PR misc/33567; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Craig Carey <research@ijs.co.nz>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
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Subject: Re: misc/33567: RELENG_4 won't makeworld; bsd.dep.mk,
  Makefile.inc1 bugs; "Linux ELF" need of kernel
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 10:36:03 +1300

 To say that document writing people limit the number of
 recommended downgrade paths could be a referring to an
 adaptation of those people, to a failure to get the bugs out.
 This report hopefully ought not be closed on the basis of some
 circular argument.
 
 The recommendation (if any) possibly mainly applies to just
 those people that don't know how to fix the buildworld bugs. A
 recommendation to avoid downgrades is like a clue that they are
 there, so maybe a partial step towards satisfying members of
 FreeBSD-Current is to remove bugs. A recommendation saying a
 path ought be avoided is not the same as saying that problems
 with it ought be left unfixed. If there was a principle then
 can that be a lot more clearly stated.
 
 I request that the bug report be closed on the grounds that I
 have not been using FreeBSD for over a month. The next
 message could clarify the decision (perhaps it would have new
 material in it).
 
 
 Craig Carey
 

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