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Date:      Tue, 24 Jun 1997 19:20:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com>
To:        freebsd-bugs
Subject:   Re: misc/3946: Errors in RELENG_2_2
Message-ID:  <199706250220.TAA24064@hub.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR misc/3946; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com>
To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc: brian@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: misc/3946: Errors in RELENG_2_2
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 21:09:09 -0500 (CDT)

 On 25-Jun-97 Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
 
 >No, it's never been the case that this will work when certain files in
 >/usr are sufficiently out of sync with /usr/src (and when the files in
 >question are include files, this is easy to do).
 >
 >You should always use the world target when you're even slightly
 >unsure - only it can guarantee that the proper dependency ordering is
 >achieved (and sometimes not even then, in which case you have to
 >shepard the build process through by hand until the delta is
 >small enough to allow world to work again).
 
 OK, I'll be sure to remember that.  Thanks.
 
 I hadn't looked at /usr/src/Makefile in a very long time -- since I first
 got into FreeBSD, in fact, and back then the whole thing was just completely
 mystifying.  :-)  Looking at it again just now, I can appreciate better why
 one should only use the recommended targets.
 
 Conrad, wishing he could quit his job and just stay home and explore
 FreeBSD (still so much to learn!)  :-)
 
 --
 Conrad Sabatier
 http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads/



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