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Subject: Re: A couple of suggestions for build.sh...
From: Luke Mewburn <lukem () netbsd ! org>
Date: 2003-02-19 0:01:14
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On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 05:38:25PM -0600, Frederick Bruckman wrote:
| > | 2) I would like a "-c" or "-C" option to set NOCLEANDIR, and to not
| > | run any explicit "clean" targets. "-u" has "interesting"
| > | consequences when $DESTDIR is empty, and I'd like to not have to deal
| > | with that, when I only want to skip the "clean" phase (because I know
| > | the tree is already cleaned). It could be useful for kernel=, too.
| >
| > What are the `` "interesting" consequences '' of -u (UPDATE) on an
| > empty $DESTDIR ? (Fwiw: I use UPDATE all the time)
|
| All the scripts (every file that's not generated, in fact), get
| installed with the same modified time as the file in the checkout, or
| at least, that's how it used to work.
I need to investigate this more before commenting further.
| In the past, I have (foolishly) removed all files older than a
| time-stamp file made before the build started, and UPDATE isn't my
| friend anymore. I recall at least one other user posting to the
| lists who had done exactly the same thing. The failure mode when
| "true", "false", and "nroff" are missing is puzzling, to say the
| least.
Ouch!
| Even if you never do anything that stupid, it's nice to be able to
| scan through the directories with "ls -alt" to see which files are
| obsolete.
"/etc/postinstall check obsolete" :-)
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