Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:13:24 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: trhodes@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, jhb@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, obrien@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile README Message-ID: <20060621221324.GA1254@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20060621.160706.1606922361.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <20060620193458.42040d97.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <200606211306.36770.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060621.123456.232930587.imp@bsdimp.com> <20060621.160706.1606922361.imp@bsdimp.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 04:07:06PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote.. > In message: <20060621.123456.232930587.imp@bsdimp.com> > "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> writes: > : In message: <200606211306.36770.jhb@freebsd.org> > : 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... > > Unless we want to require I_KNOW_WORLD_CAN_HURT_ME instead of > HISTORICAL_MAKE_WORLD :-) make world -DBEATMEBEATMEYEAH.. :-P Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20060621221324.GA1254>