Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:50:50 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Bootstrapping issues with groff(1) Message-ID: <20001210115049.H80274@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <3A32FFB2.BCCC5140@cup.hp.com>; from marcel@cup.hp.com on Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 07:59:46PM -0800 References: <20001208181908.A12716@sunbay.com> <3A319650.90FE8EAE@cup.hp.com> <20001209154901.B78374@sunbay.com> <3A32996C.1BE57FCE@cup.hp.com> <20001209192429.A32252@dragon.nuxi.com> <3A32FFB2.BCCC5140@cup.hp.com>
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On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 07:59:46PM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> > The only thing you don't like about mtree is it changing ownership +
> > modes, right?
>
> Not only that. Using mtree(1) creates busloads of unnecessary
> directories.
But they're harmless. While I agree it is clutter, having to duplicate
its work in the Makefile's with lists of dirs to create just seems like a
duplication and waste of effort; and even an little NIH as mtree is
rather ingrained in BSD.
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-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX
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