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Date:      Wed, 25 Jul 2001 16:54:14 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why install -C include files? 
Message-ID:  <6000.996072854@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:48:36 CST." <200107251448.f6PEmao07444@harmony.village.org> 

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On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:48:36 CST, Warner Losh wrote:

> : Why are include files installed using -C instead of -c?  This makes it
> : harder to find stale includes.
> 
> I've wanted to have a /etc/mtree/bsd.obsolete for a long time now...

That would make me too nervous.  All I really want is the assurance that
``make world'' updates the mtime of every file it would have installed
if not present at install time.

With revived CLOBBER support and COPY=-c, the only problem children are
symbolic links.  Everything else can be hunted down with find -mtime X.

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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