Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 19:37:44 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> Cc: Barney Wolff <barney@tp.databus.com>, "Brian T. Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make world considered harmful Message-ID: <20020724073743.GB50488@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10207230348120.47292-100000@moo.sysabend.org> References: <20020722205906.GA31883@tp.databus.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10207230348120.47292-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
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On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 03:49:04AM -0700, Jamie Bowden wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Barney Wolff wrote:
>
> :But there's nothing right with it, either. Is the demonstrated risk
> :of people using it inappropriately really worth not having to type
> : make buildworld && make installworld
> :in the few cases where it's safe? I claim not.
> :
> :I run cvsup nohup'd and look at the output, but I'd would never trust
> :that I'd notice a kernel interface change, and know when I could get
> :away with not building the kernel.
>
> #
> # $FreeBSD: src/Makefile,v 1.234.2.14 2002/07/16 18:36:19 ru Exp $
> #
> # The user-driven targets are:
> #
> # buildworld - Rebuild *everything*, including glue to help do
> # upgrades.
> # installworld - Install everything built by "buildworld".
> # world - buildworld + installworld.
>
> Perhaps I'm missing something, but 'make world' appears to do nothing more
> than you've done above in fewer keystrokes.
Except for the fact that if the new kernel doesn't like your system,
you're SOL with out-of-sync userland.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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