Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 12:42:59 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG>, <arch@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Standardized make options (or no doesn't always mean no) Message-ID: <20020609123557.X21758-100000@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <3D02AB11.F373AB4@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, 8 Jun 2002, Doug Barton wrote: > Mike Barcroft wrote: > > > > Is anyone planning to do something about the hugely confusing state of > > NO/NO_ options? I can never remember which options have an underscore > > after the NO, so I end up writing commands like > > `make kernel ... NO_KERNELCLEAN=true NOKERNELCLEAN=true'. It would > > very nice if we could standardize this and add some compatibility > > shims for historical spellings. > > In the past versions of this conversation, the general agreement is that > going forward we should probably standardize on underscores to seperate > words. So, NO_FOO rather than NOFOO. However, no_volunteer has come > forward to do the work you've described, so if you're volunteering.... > :) On my list of things to fix after the changing the spelling of "nothing" to "no thing". :-) :-) Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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