Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 23:53:29 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za> Cc: Tim Robbins <tjr@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RFC: doscmd removal Message-ID: <20040314075329.GA3927@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20040314052944.GA75355@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> References: <20040314022615.GA21795@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au> <20040314052944.GA75355@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za>
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On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 07:29:44AM +0200, John Hay wrote: > On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 01:26:15PM +1100, Tim Robbins wrote: > > I plan to remove doscmd from the base system for the sole reason that it > > is no longer useful. Any objections? > > Why would you want to remove it? It is still very usefull. I use it > regularly. The only drawback currently is that the Makefile is set > up in such a way that it does not pick up X during a "make world", > so after a "make world" you have to build it again to pick up X. > Built without X it is less usefull. This is exactly the reason why the source tree is not the right place for doscmd. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net
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