Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 23:14:12 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: tom@tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance at home), mike@sentex.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make world error in RELENG_2_2 Message-ID: <199706202214.XAA26672@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 19 Jun 1997 23:41:49 PDT." <26359.866788909@time.cdrom.com>
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> > I suspect that there IS some other problem, and it is/was with cvsup.
> > I don't know why or how or if I contributed to it:-)
>
> It's not a problem with cvsup. It's a fundamental flaw in the model
> of trying to "upgrade" a source tree by continually:
>
> a) Changing modified bits.
> b) Adding new ones.
> c) Not deleting the old ones.
>
> It's (c) which is the killer since you will eventually confuse the
> bezeesus out of the build system with old bits. Do you have the
^^^^^^^^
That's "bejeesus" (or sometimes "bejaisus"). Your spelling is terrible :)
> "delete" option turned on in your supfile?
>
> Jordan
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