From owner-freebsd-current Wed Apr 17 8:39:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33EDA37B421 for ; Wed, 17 Apr 2002 08:39:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 076F5AE162; Wed, 17 Apr 2002 08:39:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 08:39:47 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Terry Lambert Cc: Jan Stocker , current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sometimes make install does nothing Message-ID: <20020417153946.GK78520@elvis.mu.org> References: <1018971073.440.5.camel@twoflower> <20020417151550.GJ78520@elvis.mu.org> <3CBD9674.8DF196E3@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3CBD9674.8DF196E3@mindspring.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Terry Lambert [020417 08:36] wrote: > > > > Check for a ".install_done" file in the "work" dir. I think that's > > what can cause this. I think the answer is to use "reinstall" instead > > of "install" or to "make clean" first. > > Shouldn't ".install_done" be dependent on the install target > timestamps, so that if they are newer, that the install happens > anyway? I don't know, i didn't design the ports system. :) I'm still waiting for my lockf fix to go in to prevent multiple ports from killing each other when building them at the same time. :( -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message