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Date:      Thu, 25 Jul 2002 15:29:09 -0700
From:      Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org>
To:        Barney Wolff <barney@tp.databus.com>
Cc:        Matthew Whelan <muttley@gotadsl.co.uk>, "Brian T. Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>, Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: make world considered harmful
Message-ID:  <3D407BB4.C6BE4F05@pantherdragon.org>
References:  <YXVUXSA91TYSYSNLG971USP5FD04VR.3d3f0490@VicNBob> <3D3F7BFC.B8940B89@pantherdragon.org> <20020725160622.GC64343@tp.databus.com>

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Barney Wolff wrote:
> 
> There's a very good reason:  It's risky to skip a reboot after
> the make kernel.
> 
> Those who insist on doing it the risky way can damn well put a script
> in /usr/local that does what they want, if typing a few more charachers
> is an affront to their desire for cheap thrills.

The only real exception I can think of is upgrading a fresh install.
I did this just last night, actually.  In my case it meant I could
start the process and only have to come back an hour later when it
needed me for mergemaster.

> On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 09:18:04PM -0700, Darren Pilgrim wrote:
> >
> > Is there a reason against changing the world target to just be an alias
> > for "make buildworld && make kernel && make installworld && mergemaster"?
> > Forgive me if I'm asking something already answered I haven't been able
> > to follow this entire thread.

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