Re: CVSUP and 5.2.1 RELEASE

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:53:37 +0200
In message <20040714005105.3bee1a88.manlix_at_demonized.net>, Johan Pettersson wri
tes:

>> The correct solution is the add whatever it takes to make the world
>> target fail if it is unsafe.
>
>Just do so you must have MAKE_WORLD= true (or something) in your
>make.conf to be able to use make world. Otherwise print a warning and
>some info when running make world.

This is called "a bandaid" and we should only resort to that if a
solution is not possible.

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Received on Tue Jul 13 2004 - 20:53:45 UTC

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