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Date:      Mon, 1 Mar 2010 19:55:37 -0500
From:      jhell <jhell@DataIX.net>
To:        Alexander Best <alexbestms@wwu.de>
Cc:        FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: `make cleanworld` and /usr/obj/lib32/usr/src
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1003011949450.22516@pragry.qngnvk.ybpny>
In-Reply-To: <permail-2010030200455980e26a0b00003b40-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de>
References:  <permail-2010030200455980e26a0b00003b40-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de>

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On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 19:45, alexbestms@ wrote:
> jhell schrieb am 2010-03-02:
>
>> On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 14:52, alexbestms@ wrote:
>
>>> oh. and btw: wouldn't it be reasonable to prevent a user shooting
>>> himself in
>>> the foot if he has the brilliant idea of setting "MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
>>> = /" ?
>
>>> alex
>
>
>> Trying to match something like this is going to get out of control.
>> Though this is a nice idea but why should a user be prevented from
>> doing such things ?.
>
>> Boiling down these are not variables that usually have to be changed
>> and if they are changed the user has done a little bit of research
>> and is more advanced than most and recognizes that / is not a option.
>
> hmmm...so you think something like this won't be useful?
>
> alex
>
>> --
>
>> jhell
>

What about the case where MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX="/ usr/obj/dir". I suppose make 
will fail in this case but I don't have anything to test this situation in 
ATM.

But aside from that "typical user" never adjusts such things and it adds 
just a slight bit more overhead to the build that can be avoided altoghter 
by the user reading what they type.

-- 

  jhell




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