Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:03:26 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make doesn't see changes in /etc/mail/freebsd.mc Message-ID: <b79ecaef1001280903ke38c94bkc58e3964c4ad9a34@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100128165916.GD60207@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20100128165916.GD60207@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On 28 January 2010 16:59, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: > I've seen this behaviour for years, but never bothered > to ask why. > > Imagine I already have in /etc/mail local .mc and .cf > files. Imagine I then update freebsd.mc. When I run make > nothing happens. What I think should happen is that > local .mc should be updated and then .cf generated. > > Because of this behaviour I have to manually delete > local .mc files and all .cf files before running make. > > Any comments? > > many thanks > anton > Because your carefully crafted local .mc files shouldn't be clobbered whenever freebsd.mc is updated? Chris
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