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Date:      Fri, 29 Aug 2003 16:34:31 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        marcel@xcllnt.net
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin Makefile src/lib Makefile src/sbin Makefile src/usr.bin Makefile src/usr.sbin Makefile
Message-ID:  <20030829.163431.42773119.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030829204245.GC31211@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
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            Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> writes:
: Has anyone thought about a solution that is based on the more generic
: problem of suppressing recursing into arbitrary directories by using
: an exclude list that uses REs or patterns?

Yes.

: Most NO_FOO variables do nothing but prevent that certain subdirectories
: are added to SUBDIR. It seems to me that a more direct approach to
: achieve this is more generic and usable than the inherently non-
: scalable solution of introducing more NO_FOO variables.

Also agreed.

I have some ideas that I'll be coding up this weekend based on years
of creating 8-12MB base systems.

Warner



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