From owner-cvs-all Sat Dec 12 13:46:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA00765 for cvs-all-outgoing; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 13:46:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA00726; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 13:46:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA23423; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 21:46:04 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id UAA02234; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 20:44:37 GMT (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199812122044.UAA02234@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav cc: Bruce Evans , committers@FreeBSD.ORG, jb@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: src/etc/Makefile (was: /etc/rc.local) In-reply-to: Your message of "12 Dec 1998 15:03:01 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 20:44:37 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > 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 -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message