Date: 22 Sep 1997 11:14:53 GMT From: peter@netplex.com.au (Peter Wemm) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mtree vs /usr/src Message-ID: <874926893.273098@haywire.dialix.com.au> References: <199709220512.XAA21951@harmony.village.org>
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In article <16553.874912346@time.cdrom.com>, jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes: >> Why is /usr/src owned bin.bin? Why does make installworld insist on >> resetting it back to bin.bin, even after I've chown'd it to imp? >> >> Just wondering if there is a good reason for this... > > Hmmm. Frankly, I don't even see how it can happen. The make > hierarchy should have DESTDIR set correctly to point into /usr/obj as > a result of Satoshi's patches, and a quick review of my own make world > log shows this to be the case. Maybe your source tree needs a kick > in the pants. :) I've been toying with the idea of a 'nochange' attribute for the mtree specs. ie: it'll create the file/directory if it is missing, but will not touch it if it's already there. > Jordan
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