Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 09:59:18 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD bugs list) Cc: thompson@tgsoft.com (mark thompson) Subject: Re: bin/2493: make $DESTDIR work Message-ID: <Mutt.19970115095918.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <21415.853307483@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Jan 14, 1997 21:51:23 -0800 References: <199701150440.UAA04014@freefall.freebsd.org> <21415.853307483@time.cdrom.com>
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As Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > I believe that whether or not ${DESTDIR} was 'guaranteed' to do what i
> > want (allow you to do a make world without overwritting your running
> > system), 90% of the Makefiles are coded so you can do just that. The
> > changes that i submitted take you to between 95-99% of the way there and
> > *should not* break anything.
>
> I dunno, sounds convincing to me, Joerg. ;-)
I'm not opposed to it, my only intention was to start a discussion. :)
This is the best way of preventing PRs from rotting...
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cheers, J"org
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Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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