Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 04:01:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Cc: Barney Wolff <barney@tp.databus.com>, "Brian T. Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make world considered harmful Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10207240357180.47292-100000@moo.sysabend.org> In-Reply-To: <20020724073743.GB50488@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
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On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Jonathan Chen wrote: :On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 03:49:04AM -0700, Jamie Bowden wrote: :> On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Barney Wolff wrote: :> :But there's nothing right with it, either. Is the demonstrated risk :> :of people using it inappropriately really worth not having to type :> : make buildworld && make installworld :> :in the few cases where it's safe? I claim not. :> # $FreeBSD: src/Makefile,v 1.234.2.14 2002/07/16 18:36:19 ru Exp $ :> # :> # The user-driven targets are: :> # :> # buildworld - Rebuild *everything*, including glue to help do :> # upgrades. :> # installworld - Install everything built by "buildworld". :> # world - buildworld + installworld. :> :> Perhaps I'm missing something, but 'make world' appears to do nothing more :> than you've done above in fewer keystrokes. : :Except for the fact that if the new kernel doesn't like your system, :you're SOL with out-of-sync userland. And this is different than 'make buildworld && make installworld' in what way exactly? If the inline Makefile documentation is correct, which I've assumed it is, then there is no functional difference. Jamie Bowden -- "It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold" Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur" Iain Bowen <alaric@alaric.org.uk> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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