Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 12:34:56 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: jhb@freebsd.org Cc: trhodes@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, obrien@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile README Message-ID: <20060621.123456.232930587.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <200606211306.36770.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <20060620.155140.-1816810644.imp@bsdimp.com> <20060620193458.42040d97.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <200606211306.36770.jhb@freebsd.org>
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John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> writes:
: The nature of the compromise over 'make world' was that rather than removing
: the knob we'd leave it undocumented so that new users aren't tempted to use
: it, but instead will revert to using buildworld/installworld as they ought to
: if they get a failure running 'make world'. If we are going to document the
: knob and thus make it user-supported, we might as well remove it and just
: make 'make world' user-supported.
The problem with making it 'user-supported' is that it really is a
dangerous tool for the normal user. Sure, it mostly works, most of
the time, for most situations. However, when it fails, it fails in an
unsafe way. It fails in a way that can't be backed out from easily,
meaning someone will have to boot distribution media to back out to a
known good state. These events are rare, but totally #@$@!!@@#$ the
user.
And we're back to the compromise that we had before...
Warner
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