Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 11:54:49 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: careless commits disrupt Message-ID: <201810120955.w9C9snJQ063206@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Fri, 12 Oct 2018 07:39:08 %2B0200." <868t3367wj.fsf@next.des.no>
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=?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= wrote: > Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> writes: > > Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org> writes: > > > You should also delete old files: > > > > > > cd /usr/src > > > make delete-old > > > make delete-old-libs > > I just ran that. It deleted lots of stuff. & I'd only run it 2 days ago. > > I should have run it just before buildworld though. > > It's not suggested in the top of > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html > > just at base of page. > > That's because you should *never* run delete-old or delete-old-libs from > a source tree that is newer than your installed system. It may delete > files which have been obsoleted by changes you haven't yet built and > installed, to the point where you may be unable to build and install > those changes. Arg ! So obviously true - in retrospect ! Yet I did it. Could we add a comment to the Makefile please ? It could save others. Maybe incorporate something from Stefan's (arrived while I was writing) > In this particular case, it will, at the very least, > break ssh and svn / svnlite. (Fortunately I'm running local inside a wall, & always keep both rlogin & ssh going to insure against foot shooting ) Thanks Dag-Erling ! Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, Computer Consultant, Systems Engineer, BSD Linux Unix, Munich Brexit: 3,700,000 stolen votes in 1st referendum inc. 700,000 from Brits in EU Campaign lies & criminal funding, economy & pound down: New referendum needed. http://exitbrexit.uk https://www.peoples-vote.uk/petition
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