Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 20:44:37 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, committers@FreeBSD.ORG, jb@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: src/etc/Makefile (was: /etc/rc.local) Message-ID: <199812122044.UAA02234@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "12 Dec 1998 15:03:01 %2B0100." <xzpk8zxjw4q.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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> > but someone recently
> > broke `make install' to always install "missing" files.
>
> Amen. Although it's useful to be told about missing files, installing
> them should be left to the operator. After all, if you really want it
> there, you only need to install it once, but if you *don't* want it
> there, you'll have to remove it manually after every make install, or
> write a wrapper script to do it.
I objected to this ``make install'' change and wasn't even graced
with a reply.
I suggest again that it should be backed out. By all means, a
etc-install target can be added, but it should *not* be executed
unless done manually.
> DES
> --
> Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no
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