Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 00:36:20 -0400 From: "Brian T. Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> To: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org>, Matthew Whelan <muttley@gotadsl.co.uk> Cc: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make world considered harmful Message-ID: <200207250036.20891.bts@babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <3D3F7BFC.B8940B89@pantherdragon.org> References: <YXVUXSA91TYSYSNLG971USP5FD04VR.3d3f0490@VicNBob> <3D3F7BFC.B8940B89@pantherdragon.org>
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On Thursday 25 July 2002 12:18 am, Darren Pilgrim wrote:
| Matthew Whelan wrote:
| > 24/07/2002 14:59:42, Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> wrote:
| > [re-insert from Brian's post]
| >
| > >:Personally, I think it would be better to remove it; for those who
| > >: dislike typing and don't mind endangering their system, it would be
| > >: better to have instead a
| > >:
| > >:make universe
| >
| > Maybe 'make bravenewworld'?
|
| Is there a reason against changing the world target to just be an alias
| for "make buildworld && make kernel && make installworld && mergemaster"?
| Forgive me if I'm asking something already answered I haven't been able
| to follow this entire thread.
Far better IMHO to create a new target for this and delete the old "bad"
target than to change the meaning of an existing name. If we keep the
exiting name we must keep the existing behavior or it will cause far more
confusion than it prevents.
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