From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 28 17:03:47 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAF481065670 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:03:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com (mail-bw0-f213.google.com [209.85.218.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C7F18FC1C for ; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:03:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz5 with SMTP id 5so710868bwz.3 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:03:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=CPw5cheg8JTcY7o85f4C+ylBCC5UAyFNleA8ll5ytXo=; b=RS9PovandWXngBcUXL6Eo5pdSkGIWizmnXg5oiU3POuDNU2UB1xcokh7bQ72Fz4lb3 RSiVwAwk/Z/im/za/pnzuR0k6EXKp2Rfc4WjqwsUa41ucd43QyxZwy2oDN44KUlte88F J5pwmnCdoh9nuoTwdNpxv5CZ/MKW7SpHEQ60c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; b=MkJJhEGgGUYdu4O6/TD5LQw9VZNmRZSIHI6odS9oELh2QzbZUcAhtItE7KvFm0Wcvq kIZo6Zx6yCMhXE2YFYBkykHOGobmVqRbZBqVvwBFPfQL3bhod3SmhT1T1r+pIF9wueAd CAurXQRxkvQKcfyeQnI6X1Us05haT2dGqFYPo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.6.209 with SMTP id a17mr751008bka.37.1264698226153; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:03:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20100128165916.GD60207@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20100128165916.GD60207@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> From: Chris Rees Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:03:26 +0000 Message-ID: To: Anton Shterenlikht Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make doesn't see changes in /etc/mail/freebsd.mc X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:03:47 -0000 On 28 January 2010 16:59, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I've seen this behaviour for years, but never bothered > to ask why. > > Imagine I already have in /etc/mail local .mc and .cf > files. Imagine I then update freebsd.mc. When I run make > nothing happens. What I think should happen is that > local .mc should be updated and then .cf generated. > > Because of this behaviour I have to manually delete > local .mc files and all .cf files before running make. > > Any comments? > > many thanks > anton > Because your carefully crafted local .mc files shouldn't be clobbered whenever freebsd.mc is updated? Chris