From owner-svn-ports-head@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 17 17:55:17 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-head@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D783106567C; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:55:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from opti.dougb.net (hub.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::36]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E5CC1567CB; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:55:03 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <505763F7.7080104@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:55:03 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120911 Thunderbird/15.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bryan Drewery References: <201209171722.q8HHMxH8058790@svn.freebsd.org> <50575D5F.5070300@FreeBSD.org> <50576222.90100@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <50576222.90100@FreeBSD.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.4 OpenPGP: id=1A1ABC84 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-ports-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r304413 - head X-BeenThere: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the ports tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:55:17 -0000 On 09/17/2012 10:47, Bryan Drewery wrote: > On 9/17/2012 12:26 PM, Doug Barton wrote: >> On 09/17/2012 10:22, Bryan Drewery wrote: >>> - Use 'make -C' here [2] >> >> The general consensus has been that 'make -C' is both a bit too clever, >> and sometimes doesn't work. What's wrong with using the simple command >> that is guaranteed to work? >> >> Doug >> > > I argued the same for not having it originally. However, I've been told > it only "did not work" in <=4.x. > > I've yet to have a problem with it, we use it all over the place in > scripts, ie make -C /usr/ports... -V VAR, without issue. > > If it does not work, it should be fixed or removed. You didn't answer my question. What's wrong with using the simple command that is guaranteed to work? -- I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. -- Edward Everett Hale, (1822 - 1909)