Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 08:59:23 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Julian Assange <proff@suburbia.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Am I wrong or is this just stupid?r Message-ID: <20820.840815963@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 23 Aug 1996 18:40:15 %2B1000." <199608230840.SAA27817@suburbia.net>
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> Keeping in mind that install is before ${CLEANDIR}, I believe the idea
> is to remake the tools _with_the_new_tools_ before using them to remake
> other things. i.e if you upgraded to gcc2.7.2 then first make gcc2.7.2
> with your old gcc, then remake it with the new one.
But none of these "new tools made with new tools" are going to have
any relevance at all to your build since they won't be installed until
*after* everything else has been built with the "new tools made with
old tools" :-)
Sorry, I still can't see a good reason for this.
Jordan
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