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Date:      Sun, 10 Oct 1999 13:24:12 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
To:        Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Joel Sutton <jsutton@bbcon.com.au>, freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Linux convert...
Message-ID:  <19991010132411.A315@marder-1>
In-Reply-To: <19991009181219.A20278@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910061503120.3043-100000@stargate.home> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910060118260.8080-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> <19991006234303.A28145@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> <19991007204945.A817@marder-1> <19991009181219.A20278@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>

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On Sat, Oct 09, 1999 at 06:12:19PM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 07, 1999 at 08:49:45PM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 11:43:03PM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 01:20:26AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > > > Ah, you aren't familiar with the FreeBSD much hyped 
> > > > (or maybe not hyped enough... hrm) "make world" facility.
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk/FreeBSD/make-world/make-world.html
> > > 
> > > For future reference:  the version of this that's now in the Handbook
> > > is the canonical version.  The URL above will (this weekend) be replaced
> > > with a pointer to the Handbook.
> > > 
> > 
> > I used this doc when I did my first cvsup src-all. One thing that
> > should be changed is the reference to using dircmp.pl "which is
> > installed by default on FreeBSD versions 2.0 and above". Not on
> > 3.1 it ain't (and it doesn't run under perl5 either). This should
> > be changed to mergemaster (in the ports).
> 
> Diffs!  Diffs!  Diffs!
> 
> This is why it's now in the tree.  I haven't got the time to maintain it
> properly now, so the 'community' can support it.  send-pr as usual should
> do the trick.
> 

Yes, OK. I'll try to get something done, but I'm rather busy right
now; my father's had a bad stroke so I spend my weekends zapping
up & down the M4/5/6 and the rest of the week catching up on lost
sleep :(.

Actually I think that the article needs a major overhaul to bring
it up to date. What is your opinion on removing the references to
2.1.x and the early (pre-make {build,install}world?

> N
> -- 
> PS:  Sorry for the delay in replying.  What with work, buying a house, moving
> in to the house, fixing the plumbing in the house, and paying the bills, I've
> been a little busy recently.  I'm back to e-mail now, and catching up. . .
> 
> 
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