Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 14:06:28 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, John DeBoskey <jwd@unx.sas.com>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Comments requested: automatic hook for mergemaster Message-ID: <39CD1B54.48195358@cup.hp.com> References: <20000917211609.A9550@unx.sas.com> <200009180042.SAA26812@harmony.village.org> <200009180148.TAA27247@harmony.village.org> <39C634EB.EFBE77AA@newsguy.com>
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"Daniel C. Sobral" wrote: > > > In message <20000917211609.A9550@unx.sas.com> John DeBoskey writes: > > : What happens to a nightly 'make world' process if DO_MERGEMASTER > > : is defined? We'd need a completely non-interactive approach > > : to make this work (I'm not 100% familiar with mergemaster's > > : internal workings). > > > > If DO_MERGEMASTER is defined, the build is no longer automatic. Now > > that I think about it, it might not be such a good idea. > > I disagree. Having a non-automatic option will not make the process > non-automatic, as long as that option is not used. > > So, what happens is that nothing changes for anyone, except those that > explicitly define the option. Those who do will have their installworld > hanged waiting for input. (Well, unless -a is used for mergemaster -- > but I like the interactive version myself.) I envision the installworld target to be used in an upgrade target. Running mergemaster is more a task for such a target than it is for installworld. I therefore don't think we should add the hook to installworld. It can be added to a possible future upgrade target, though. -- Marcel Moolenaar mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org tel: (408) 447-4222 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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