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Date:      Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:29:39 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        MetcalJM@utrc.utc.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Q: Need to fix permissions on my system, and build statically lin ked tar.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971222222910.7705q-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <95A2D2968BD9D011A38B00A0C95727DB27ABB8@express2.res.utc.com>

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On Tue, 16 Dec 1997 MetcalJM@utrc.utc.com wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have two questions:
> 
> 1.  I understand that 'make world' builds my entire system from the
> source
> tree.  In the process, it obviously sets the file modes on everything
> it builds.  Is there a way I can run a portion of 'make world' that
> would
> just change all the file modes of every file it would normally build,
> without having to fully recompile the system?

Use the mtree utility and the profiles in /etc/mtree.

> 2.  I would like to build a statically linked, stand alone version of
> /usr/bin/tar with full functionality.  You know, like the executables
> you find in /stand.  I have the full 2.2.2-RELEASE source files, and
> a complete system.  Can I just set LDFLAGS="some set of flags for ld"
> in tar's Makefile to do this?  If so, what might that set be?
> If not, what else should I do?

I believe there is one in /bin.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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