Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:27:55 +0200 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Alexander Leidinger <netchild@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src ObsoleteFiles.inc Message-ID: <86k65bv6wk.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20060814121415.GA59023@rambler-co.ru> (Ruslan Ermilov's message of "Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:14:15 %2B0400") References: <200608101942.k7AJgOrB051336@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060811235619.G93570@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> <20060811220244.GC5237@rambler-co.ru> <20060811223642.GA21117@xor.obsecurity.org> <20060812005213.384b744b@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <20060812084253.GA8597@rambler-co.ru> <20060812123531.GA36569@xor.obsecurity.org> <20060813185551.GA15783@rambler-co.ru> <864pwfwpnm.fsf@xps.des.no> <20060814121415.GA59023@rambler-co.ru>
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Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 12:57:33PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote:
> > Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > > touch(1) is not an install tool.
> > It should be a build tool. It is used during buildkernel and
> > installworld, causing upgrades to break every so often (especially
> > when upgrading across a libc version bump, IIRC).
> It *is* a build tool, indeed. Build tools aren't special, everything
> in the set ${PATH} can be a build tool.
As you very well know, build tools need to be cross-built (by the
build-tools target) to run on the host system, and touch isn't.
DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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