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Date:      Fri, 10 Nov 1995 16:53:37 -0600
From:      rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth)
To:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: config, other kernel build tools
Message-ID:  <v02130515acc986171d12@[199.183.109.242]>

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At 3:44 PM 11/10/95, Terry Lambert wrote:
>> At 8:40 PM 11/9/95, Terry Lambert wrote:
>> >Like putting them in a "tools" dir at the same level as the kern and
>> >compile and arch specific directories.
>>
>> I certainly have no problem with that location in src/
>> Now I'll throw in the "ringer".  gcc and make are also "tools".
>
>I think I can safely argue that you're not allowed to include them
>because they aren't allowed to change as frequently as the config
>program.  8-).

Frequency of change is NOT the criteria. It is the fact that it might need
to change and that it is needed to accomplish a particular compilation of
some version of the tree.

The generic build files already recognize that you might not want to use
the same c compiler all the time. In the same way, you do not wish to use
the same config.
And in the case of make, Poul is already talking about modifications. There
is nothing wrong with that. But the new version of make should not be
installed into the running system. It may get there eventually, but in the
interim, it belongs in a separate area associated with the build that needs
it.

----
Richard Wackerbarth
rkw@dataplex.net





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