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Date:      Tue, 23 Apr 1996 00:03:21 +0200
From:      Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What do folks think of the following patch?
Message-ID:  <199604222203.AAA09484@campa.panke.de>
In-Reply-To: <199604221732.LAA09137@rocky.sri.MT.net>
References:  <6802.830138137@time.cdrom.com> <199604221727.KAA19763@ref.tfs.com> <199604221732.LAA09137@rocky.sri.MT.net>

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BTW, `make DESTDIR=/tmp/foo world' install bsd.*.mk files in
/tmp/foo/usr/share/mk but use the old (and maybe wrong) *.mk files
from /usr/share/mk.

Wolfram

Nate Williams writes:
>> I would like a make world to also install etc if the DESTDIR is not /
>> I often make images of systems and want /etc to be rebuilt as well, but
>> it never is..
>
>Except that almost *no-one* sets DESTDIR.  This would cause virtually
>everyone to have their /etc files wiped out because they didn't
>hard-code DESTDIR.
>
>Now, installing the /etc files if DESTDIR is set would be acceptable,
>but it has never been part of the 'make world' process, and would need
>someone willing to take the time to make sure it fits in the current
>setup.



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