Re: How to update /usr/src/ using SVN and "make update"?

From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk_at_MIT.EDU>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:11:44 -0500 (EST)
On Sat, 10 Dec 2011, O. Hartmann wrote:

> On 12/10/11 14:51, Chuck Burns wrote:
>> On Saturday, December 10, 2011 7:35:27 AM Chuck Burns wrote:
>>> Here is quick, hackish patch to allow your make update to work, it appears
>>> that the Makefile.inc1 does not include the full path to svn, while it does
>>> include the full path to cvs and other tools, this makes me think that the
>>> user path is ignored (which is a good thing)
>>>
>>
>> Heh, I am notorious for overthinking things.  My bad.. yes, just add
>> SVN=/usr/local/bin/svn
>> to your /etc/make.conf file
>>
>>  --
>> Chuck Burns
> Hello.
>
> I did this already, since it looked logical to me.
> It isn't simply about "please add ..." hakish things. If there would be
> no objection, it is a nice move to have the SVN variable setting
> mentioned in the man page for make.conf.
>
> If it isn't opportune to have the user-path in the system's search path,
> then a note should be droped into the manpage to inform the admin or
> user to set the SVN variable properly.

So, something like the attached?

-Ben Kaduk
Received on Sat Dec 10 2011 - 23:11:48 UTC

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