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From: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org>
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Subject: Re: make world considered harmful
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Barney Wolff wrote:
> 
> There's a very good reason:  It's risky to skip a reboot after
> the make kernel.
> 
> Those who insist on doing it the risky way can damn well put a script
> in /usr/local that does what they want, if typing a few more charachers
> is an affront to their desire for cheap thrills.

The only real exception I can think of is upgrading a fresh install.
I did this just last night, actually.  In my case it meant I could
start the process and only have to come back an hour later when it
needed me for mergemaster.

> On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 09:18:04PM -0700, Darren Pilgrim wrote:
> >
> > Is there a reason against changing the world target to just be an alias
> > for "make buildworld && make kernel && make installworld && mergemaster"?
> > Forgive me if I'm asking something already answered I haven't been able
> > to follow this entire thread.

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