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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: Re: make includes
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On Tue, 14 May 2002, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:

> On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 06:21:41PM +1000, Bruce Evans wrote:
> > On Tue, 14 May 2002, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> >
> > > Yes.  "make includes" has been modified to mean "build includes",
> > > and the new "make incsinstall" has been added to "install" them.
> > > So the correct sequence is "make includes incsinstall".
> > >
> > > I'm still unsure about the name; I'd have liked to rename it to
> > > "includesinstall" but that is too long.
> >
> > I still prefer something like
> > "__private_part_of_installworld_to_install_headers_dont_use_directly".
> >
> EPARSE; what does that mean?  :-)
>
> "incsinstall" is the standard target which performs a part of a normal
> "install" -- installs C includes.

Installing includes just corrupts the host environment unless the new
includes are consistent with the old libraries.  If you know the build
system, the includes and the libraries well enough to know when it is
safe to use, then you know enough to never need it.

Bruce


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