Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 18:08:06 +0300 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: roam@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf kmod.mk Message-ID: <3B55A656.25525440@FreeBSD.org> References: <200107181456.f6IEujO87127@aldan.algebra.com>
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Mikhail Teterin wrote: > On 18 Jul, Peter Pentchev wrote: > > roam 2001/07/18 02:59:55 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > sys/conf kmod.mk > > Log: > > Make sure that installing a module complains if the target modules > > directory does not exist, instead of creating/overwriting a file > > with the name of the (expected) directory. Yes, this deviates a bit > > from nearly all other install targets in the tree, but let's face > > it, removing a modules directory is not all that uncommon a mistake, > > and finding a file with the contents of the last module installed is > > a baaad surprise at boot time.. > > IMHO, the target directory should be a Makefile target of its own, a > dependecy of the install target. Then parallel installs just might work. We have mtree(8) for that. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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