Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 11:13:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin Makefile src/lib Makefile src/sbin Makefile src/usr.bin Makefile src/usr.sbin Makefile Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030829111205.45354B-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20030829.090308.108809143.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030829090446.44583A-100000@fledge.watson.org> > Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> writes: > : I was somewhat hopeful that a further outcome might be that Makefiles are > : scattered around containing fields like: > : > : COMPONENT= ACPI > : COMPONENT= OPENSSL > : > : so that individual Makefiles would contain positive assertions about what > : they are, meaning that the Makefile infrastructure could later be tweaked > : to do installs of only those components... > > I'm not completely sure that marking things to this level would be > completely useful. I went down that path at one point, but to create a > bootable system, you need such an eclectic list of things... There > should be a better concept of things. We have identified a minimal list > of things to have to boot rc files (I haven't redone this for 5) and > then the minimal network utilities. > > I guess I'm saying that packaging is hard and to do simple things is > easy, but will lead to a big mess if we aren't careful. Well, where we currently sit is that we've identified a set of semi-optional components -- areas where we've already done some build/install partitioning. Let's just slightly enhance the infrastructure around the existing identifications, and not get too caught up in identifying new partitioning -- partioning and dependencies are hard. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories
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