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Date:      Sat, 1 Sep 2001 21:47:20 +1000 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>, Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>, Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc Makefile src/etc/defaults make.conf src/games/fortune/datfiles freebsd-tips src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common new.sgml src/share/examples/etc README.examples make
Message-ID:  <20010901214402.E2087-100000@besplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010831185945.A94310@sunbay.com>

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On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 09:43:05AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> > In message <20010831141549.A55775@sunbay.com> Ruslan Ermilov writes:
> > : What is the reason that make(1) should .error (read: exit 1;
> > : the following .include is meaningless) if it encounters the
> > : /etc/defaults/make.conf?  Since the user was not supposed to
> > : edit this file, and the only uncommented thing was BDECFLAGS,
> > : wouldn't it be more intuitive to just stop including it, but
> > : not bail out?
> >
> > I agree.  There's no reason to error out for something like this....
> >
> Not that I object to backing this out (I myself only notices this
> thread on -arch when my daily -CURRENT build script bailed out
> from .error in sys.mk), but I've got the feeling from reading
> the complete thread on freefall in archives that BDE said OK to
> this move.

I'm pleased that make.conf is being cleaned up and don't see any
fundamental problems with the implementation.

Bruce


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