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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