Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 01:02:01 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about -DNOCLEAN when building the world Message-ID: <20000720010201.E239@parish> In-Reply-To: <3976404B.B566470F@cup.hp.com>; from marcel@cup.hp.com on Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 04:56:59PM -0700 References: <20000720000915.B239@parish> <3976389A.A76FD2CD@cup.hp.com> <20000720005032.C239@parish> <3976404B.B566470F@cup.hp.com>
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On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 04:56:59PM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> Mark Ovens wrote:
> >
> > I think I understand, but if /usr/obj has to be created (because it
> > didn't exist) does that not guarantee that it *is* clean? Or does
> > make(1) have no way of knowing that /usr/obj has been newly created?
>
> I didn't see an advantage of adding tests to see if files/directories
> actual exist before removing them. We're not saving precious time by
> doing that.
>
OK, it was time saving that I was thinking about.
Thanks for the explanation.
> We could prevent doing a recursive 'make clean' for all the directories
> if the object tree is empty. The side-effect we now have is that the
> source tree is cleaned is the object directory does not exist...
>
> --
> Marcel Moolenaar
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> tel: (408) 447-4222
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