Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2002 18:10:41 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Standardized make options (or no doesn't always mean no) Message-ID: <3D02AB11.F373AB4@FreeBSD.org> References: <20020608210159.B87326@espresso.q9media.com>
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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....
:)
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