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Date:      Thu, 28 Sep 1995 10:31:57 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert)
Cc:        gryphon@healer.com, terry@lambert.org, hackers@freebsd.org, jmb@kryten.atinc.com, patl@asimov.volant.org, peter@taronga.com
Subject:   Re: ports startup scripts
Message-ID:  <199509281731.KAA12828@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <no.id> from "Terry Lambert" at Sep 27, 95 03:36:42 pm

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> > If I have package B installed and it depends on package A, but package
> > A is not installed, then a make will fail at generation of the package
> > A startup, when instead it should fail the generation of the package B
> > startup (but still generate a valid rc file).
> 
> Actually, it will still generate correctly, but will fail at boot
> time since A is not runable.
> 
> Which is what I would consider the correct behavior.

Failing to boot is NEVER correct behaviour.  NEVER.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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