Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:11:25 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: utisoft@gmail.com Cc: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make doesn't see changes in /etc/mail/freebsd.mc Message-ID: <20100128171124.GF60207@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <b79ecaef1001280903ke38c94bkc58e3964c4ad9a34@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100128165916.GD60207@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <b79ecaef1001280903ke38c94bkc58e3964c4ad9a34@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 05:03:26PM +0000, Chris Rees wrote: > On 28 January 2010 16:59, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> 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? I see.. so you are saying that freebsd.mc shouldn't even be touched at all, all local chages should be made straight to local .mc? thank you -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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