Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 14:41:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "buildig release" knob in make world/release Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004121439540.2482-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <200004121819.MAA39025@harmony.village.org>
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On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Warner Losh wrote:
> In message <9189.955552615@zippy.cdrom.com> "Jordan K. Hubbard" writes:
> : I agree that there should be a knob, but I see it as a make.conf
> : knob rather than a release knob since most people playing with this
> : stuff build from sources rather than install snapshots.
>
> Call it SANITY_CHECKING. Have it be a number. 0 == RELEASE, 1 ==
> DEVELOPMENT, 2 == development of risky things, etc.
Wouldn't it be easier to set the value of SANITY_CHECKING equal to
"DEVELOPMENT" rather than have to remember some kind of code? Also,
someone else suggested that "PRODUCTION" is a better definition than
"RELEASE", and I agree with that sentiment.
Doug
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