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In message: <20030829204245.GC31211@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
            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