Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 11:13:03 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: dervish@ikhala.tcimet.net Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make installworld broken??? Message-ID: <200001301913.LAA35839@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <20000130113830.B6288@ikhala.tcimet.net> References: <20000130105959.A6288@ikhala.tcimet.net> <18191.949246750@critter.freebsd.dk> <20000130113830.B6288@ikhala.tcimet.net>
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> > It's source-dir is called "xinstall" btw. > Why is the source called "xinstall"? To avoid colliding with the standard make target "install". If we had utilities named "all", "depend", and "clean" we'd have to do the same thing for them. John PS - Please remove me from the cc on the inevitable 50-message thread about clever ways to avoid this simple fix, all requiring 100-line perl scripts no doubt. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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