Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 16:44:17 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make reinstall Message-ID: <19980223164417.51626@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980223101435.16069B-100000@trojanhorse.pr.watson.org>; from Robert Watson on Mon, Feb 23, 1998 at 10:18:17AM -0500 References: <199802230648.IAA09454@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980223101435.16069B-100000@trojanhorse.pr.watson.org>
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On Mon, Feb 23, 1998 at 10:18:17AM -0500, Robert Watson wrote: > As I have a number of machines to sync, and we regularly install and > decomission machines here, it seems like one possible addition to the > global makefile might be something which spits out the following in an > installworld or reinstall: > > Warning: Built with -DNOPROFILE but not set; using it anyway. > Warning: Built with -DNOGAMES but not set; using it anyway. > Warning: Built with -DMAKE_KERBEROS4 but not set; using it anyway. > > Possibly followed by sleep(1) to give the user a second to see this. This > would require state retained following a build to indicate how the build > was managed. Given that I build -stable and -current on one machine, and > then install to others, it would be helpful; a lot easier for debugging > problems like that for new users also, I would guess. Sounds like a good idea. Where are your patches to implement this? Eivind, just running his patches to let 'make buildworld' work for a non-root user through another 'make buildworld' to test them :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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