Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 18:55:37 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What do folks think of the following patch? Message-ID: <6802.830138137@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 21 Apr 1996 19:02:03 MDT." <199604220102.TAA07674@rocky.sri.MT.net>
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/etc is not updated across upgrades, nor is it vulnerable to src smashing. Jordan > > It seems like world, update, all and install should be targets which > > include an optional sub-make in /etc/Makefile for the corresponding > > target (only the diff to world: is shown here). This would give us > > a nice way of doing site-specific stuff which is preserved across changes > > to /usr/src/Makefile. > > Since both /etc/make.conf and /usr/src/Makefile are generated by us, > what does adding it in the tree vs. having them add buy us? > > In either case, the end-user has to edit the files. > > (I'm not against the idea, but I don't see any purpose for it.) > > > > nate
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