Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 11:32:45 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: "JULIAN Elischer" <julian@ref.tfs.com> Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard), nate@sri.MT.net, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What do folks think of the following patch? Message-ID: <199604221732.LAA09137@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199604221727.KAA19763@ref.tfs.com> References: <6802.830138137@time.cdrom.com> <199604221727.KAA19763@ref.tfs.com>
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> I would like a make world to also install etc if the DESTDIR is not / > I often make images of systems and want /etc to be rebuilt as well, but > it never is.. Except that almost *no-one* sets DESTDIR. This would cause virtually everyone to have their /etc files wiped out because they didn't hard-code DESTDIR. Now, installing the /etc files if DESTDIR is set would be acceptable, but it has never been part of the 'make world' process, and would need someone willing to take the time to make sure it fits in the current setup. Nate
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