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Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 18:08:06 +0300
From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
Organization: Vega International Capital
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To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf kmod.mk
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Mikhail Teterin wrote:

> On 18 Jul, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> > roam        2001/07/18 02:59:55 PDT
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/conf             kmod.mk
> >   Log:
> >   Make sure that  installing a module complains if  the target modules
> >   directory  does not  exist, instead  of creating/overwriting  a file
> >   with the name of the (expected)  directory. Yes, this deviates a bit
> >   from nearly  all other install targets  in the tree, but  let's face
> >   it, removing a modules directory is not all that uncommon a mistake,
> >   and finding a file with the contents of the last module installed is
> >   a baaad surprise at boot time..
>
> IMHO, the  target directory should  be a Makefile  target of its  own, a
> dependecy of the install target. Then parallel installs just might work.

We have mtree(8) for that.

-Maxim


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