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Date:      Mon, 05 Oct 1998 01:13:05 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, dmaddox@scsn.net
Subject:   Re: Shouldn't 'make includes' install stand.h? 
Message-ID:  <199810050813.BAA01115@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Oct 1998 01:10:10 PDT." <199810050810.BAA01081@dingo.cdrom.com> 

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> > ----------------------------
> > revision 1.139
> > date: 1997/08/21 15:43:54;  author: bde;  state: Exp;  lines: +8 -1
> > Added directories in the includes target so that it installs
> > everything that a full install would (modulo bugs in rpcsvc/Makefile).
> > The missing things weren't used (except for mp.h from libmp), but
> > there are relatively few of them and it's easier to be complete.
> > ----------------------------
> 
> 'beforeinstall' is (ab)used in more than 35 locations under /usr/src to 
> install header files, and the above appears to be cruft to abuse this 
> fact.  (There is at least one mitigating comment which points out that 
> there should be an 'install-headers' target.).

Perhaps I should have pointed out that I don't necessarily think this 
is something worth getting too stressed out over.  I've added libstand 
to the list, since it was missing out and might cause problems for 
people leapfrogging forwards.

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