From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon May 11 00:52:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA29502 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Mon, 11 May 1998 00:52:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from godzilla.zeta.org.au (mothra.kralizec.net.au [203.15.68.22] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA29451 for ; Mon, 11 May 1998 00:51:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bde@godzilla.zeta.org.au) Received: (from bde@localhost) by godzilla.zeta.org.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA22953; Mon, 11 May 1998 17:05:30 +1000 Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 17:05:30 +1000 From: Bruce Evans Message-Id: <199805110705.RAA22953@godzilla.zeta.org.au> To: andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de, wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de Subject: Re: bin/6138 Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >> > 2. ignoring INFODIR at least during the temporary build process. >> >> 3. change the mtree database (src/etc/mtree/BSD.usr.dist). Make world >> will then create the info directory for you. > >Well, that can't be the sense of all that: We have got an ENV variable >INFODIR to be able to easily decide were the files go. But, we have to poke >around in a system file in order to create the appropriate directory >only for the temporary build environment. > >What are the objections to point 2.? I think it is rather unimportant >where the INFO Files reside in the temporary build environment. Giving >a warning later when the stuff is installed into its final place, is >IMHO OK if the directory doesn't exist. There are no info files in the temporary build environment. It was a bug to install the templates. Fixed in -current. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message