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Date:      Tue, 25 Nov 2003 10:00:28 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To:        Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: How to fix this in 5.1-REL??
Message-ID:  <20031125080028.GM3597@starjuice.net>
In-Reply-To: <20031124233909.622385D07@ptavv.es.net>
References:  <20031122140703.GB23068@xor.obsecurity.org> <20031124233909.622385D07@ptavv.es.net>

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On (2003/11/24 15:39), Kevin Oberman wrote:

> > >  I end up with the following when I run `make world` on  5.1-RELEASE-p10.
> > 
> > Did you read UPDATING?
> 
> I fear a bikeshed, but I really think it may be past time to remove
> the 'world' target from /usr/src/Makefile.inc1. It is rarely useful
> and only should be used by those who understand the process and know
> that it is safe. Removing it would remove a clear way to shoot one's
> foot and would really have trivial impact on those who use it
> properly.

I agree.  The job requires quite a lot of documentation work, though.

If you can get buy-in from the doc project folks, I doubt you'd meet
with serious objections from src people.

Ciao,
Sheldon.



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