Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 15:37:06 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@columbus.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make buildworld failing Message-ID: <20001008153706.E253@parish> In-Reply-To: <39E08323.A84B7BB0@columbus.rr.com>; from wmoran@columbus.rr.com on Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 10:22:27AM -0400 References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0010081103370.9771-100000@phoenix.ea4els.ampr.org> <39E03D71.AC278983@urx.com> <20001008132312.A253@parish> <20001008154111.D96958@freebie.demon.nl> <20001008144909.D253@parish> <20001008160111.A97340@freebie.demon.nl> <39E08323.A84B7BB0@columbus.rr.com>
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On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 10:22:27AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > I'm familiar with the behaviour below. But I classify it as annoying, > > if root is too dim to be careful then... > > > > Wilko > > That's an interesting take on things. Personally, I find it comforting > to have a fallback mechanism to prevent me from doing stupid things > when I'm trying to fix a frustrating problem with little sleep to help > me. > Careful as you may be, personally I'm still human. > > It's probably a mute point, though. Isn't this behaviour mandated by > POSIX? > > On another note ... why does `make world' put the immutable tag on > object files during a build? There may be an excellent reason, but I'm > somewhat confused by it. > I'm not so sure it does anymore. The last couple of make world's I've done in -STABLE have not required a chflags to remove the obj directory afterwards. > -Bill > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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