Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 13:50:15 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Dutton <jimd@dutton4.it.siu.edu> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newer versions of bsd...mk files anywhere? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970411134439.27950A-100000@dutton4.it.siu.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970411113404.1099Q-100000@localhost>
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Hmmm - the bsd.subdir.mk has a date of 2/1/91 in its internal comments, as does bsd.port.subdir.mk. The newer versions of the same files have an additional line with a 1997 date. How "stale" is stale?? On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Doug White wrote: > On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Jim Dutton wrote: > > > Thanks for the pointer. I am curious, now that I have found, it - why are > > the bsd...mk files in the OS distributions so far out of date? > > They are the date at when the system was released. The people who > maintain them may just forget to commit them back to the other branches, > so they get stale.
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