Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 18:31:29 -0600 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: nate@sri.MT.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: On keeping a src tree Message-ID: <v02140b02ad3da25f22ef@[199.183.109.242]>
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Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> writes: >Not that the source tree should be building using installed header files >anyway; it should be using the header files from the source tree. >Installed header files are useful only to provide a third-party with a >developement environment. >With respect, this is why "make" has the ability to resolve dependencies; >it should be possible for me to not give a damn what has changed beyond >the changes I personally cause. When I type "make" it should rebuild >everything that needs to be rebuilt, and *only* everything that needs >to be rebuilt. > >Then it should be possible for me to specify an install target other >than my important OS, union mount the shadow tree with the modified >utils over the unmodified tree (which might be a CDROM) onto /altroot >or some other mount point, and then boot the new kernel and chroot to >/altroot to test the new stuff out. All I can say is "AMEN, BROTHER!" When will they ever learn? When? Will they ever learn? ---- Richard Wackerbarth rkw@dataplex.net
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