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Date:      Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:02:06 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        netchild@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, ru@FreeBSD.ORG, des@des.no, grehan@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1 ObsoleteFiles.inc src/share/man/man7 build.7
Message-ID:  <20050802.090206.55731220.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050802140536.zstn68rcgsg84g0w@netchild.homeip.net>
References:  <20050731102343.35bc4aa9@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <20050802090717.GK14023@ip.net.ua> <20050802140536.zstn68rcgsg84g0w@netchild.homeip.net>

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In message: <20050802140536.zstn68rcgsg84g0w@netchild.homeip.net>
            Alexander Leidinger <netchild@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: When an user calls delete-old with DESTDIR set to the root of a non-native
: machine architecture he may remove non-obsolete files when he forgets to set
: TARGET_ARCH. I want to prevent this situation. I think "failsafe" is more
: important than "POLA" in this case.

If you are cross compling, then you must set TARGET_ARCH.  This is
true for buildworld and installworld.  We don't have seat-belts
there.  Why would we need one here?

Warner



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