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Date:      Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:33:52 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
To:        void <float@firedrake.org>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Patch to fix "make buildkernel requires full obj directory" mistake 
Message-ID:  <200101232133.f0NLXq920871@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 23 Jan 2001 21:24:13 GMT." <20010123212413.A19691@firedrake.org> 
References:  <20010123212413.A19691@firedrake.org>  <20010118101315.A10537@rapier.smartspace.co.za> <200101220811.f0M8BF906529@harmony.village.org> 

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In message <20010123212413.A19691@firedrake.org> void writes:
: 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.

It is desirable, I think, but hard to know for sure if you have a
stale world or a current world.  No buildworld at all is easy to detect.

Warner


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