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 --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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