From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 23 13:25: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dayspring.firedrake.org (dayspring.firedrake.org [195.82.105.251]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89FE837B6A0 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 13:24:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from float by dayspring.firedrake.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 14LAvF-0005BY-00; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 21:24:13 +0000 Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 21:24:13 +0000 To: Warner Losh Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patch to fix "make buildkernel requires full obj directory" mistake Message-ID: <20010123212413.A19691@firedrake.org> References: <20010118101315.A10537@rapier.smartspace.co.za> <200101220811.f0M8BF906529@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200101220811.f0M8BF906529@harmony.village.org>; from imp@harmony.village.org on Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 01:11:15AM -0700 From: void Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 01:11:15AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > > I've committed this change, as threatened late last week, since no one > said not to. Thank you. > buildworld is still required acorss major releases, when binutils > change, and when config's version changes. if buildkernel fails, then > do not complain unless you've also done a buildworld first and it > still fails. This is a convenience for those people that know what > they are doing. Is it possible/desirable to have make print a message upon failure of the buildkernel target, suggesting that the user do a buildworld if they haven't done so? I know that sounds a bit more hand-holdish than FreeBSD tends to be, but I think it would be nice. -- Ben "I told Paddy no, I told Steve no, I told Paul no, and Ben fell asleep." --Kate C. (no, different Ben, I would have stayed up) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message