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Date:      Wed, 25 Mar 1998 21:31:06 +0100
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To:        am@f1.ru, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: list of install exclusions for `make world'
Message-ID:  <19980325213106.34958@follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <199803251528.SAA06844@px.f1.ru>; from Andrew Maltsev on Wed, Mar 25, 1998 at 06:28:51PM %2B0300
References:  <199803251528.SAA06844@px.f1.ru>

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On Wed, Mar 25, 1998 at 06:28:51PM +0300, Andrew Maltsev wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> What about making a user configured list (empty by default) of files
> which will not be clobbered by `make world'? I think this may be
> very useful feature. For example my system have some files modified
> historically and so I have to have post-install script which restores
> some files (tcp wrappers stuff, editors, shells)..
> 
> I'm planning to patch `install' to accept exclusions list and have
> something like /etc/noclobber.conf.
> 
> What do you think?

Sounds expensive.

I've started doing a build-limitation system; which allow oyu to build
only parts of the system.  I think any form of exclusion list should
probably be integrated here, to avoid having to scan that exclusion
file for _each_ install command.  There are a _lot_ of them.

Eivind.


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