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Date:      Wed, 7 Jun 2006 19:32:34 -0400
From:      Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src Makefile README
Message-ID:  <20060607193234.5adfec68.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060607092842.GY23618@submonkey.net>
References:  <200606070333.k573XmRc067920@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060607092842.GY23618@submonkey.net>

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On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 10:28:43 +0100
Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 03:33:48AM +0000, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> > trhodes     2006-06-07 03:33:48 UTC
> > 
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     .                    Makefile README 
> >   Log:
> >   Simply running ``make world'' will bomb unless you dig up the
> >   undocumented HISTORICAL_MAKE_WORLD variable and set it.  Note it
> >   here so the blow up will not really be a surprise to people who
> >   read.
> 
> Hmm.  I thought that this was done precisely to stop people who didn't
> know about that knob from running "make world".

The undocumented/unmentioned knob that only showed if you ran
grep through Makefile or actually tried "make world."  Yea,
probably.  :)

-- 
Tom Rhodes



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