Feigning erudition, David Dawes wrote: [evils of "make -k"]
% We could change the default, and let those who like the current behaviour % run 'make WORLDOPTS=-k'. Since the original reasons for this are less % valid now (builds are much faster than they once were), and since it % catches a lot of people out, maybe now is a good time to change the % default. Would anyone object strongly to that? Heck, no. I object much more strongly to "make -k" and the attendant confusion. % >I made a link to /usr/local/bin/cpp in /usr/bin/cpp and everything ran % >fine! % % Maybe it'd be better to have cpp set to just 'cpp'? It used to have a % full path because it used to be set to /lib/cpp, which isn't likely to % be in anyone's search path. BTW, the /bin/cpp setting broke my RH 5.2 % test build until I set it to /lib/cpp in host.def. I don't remember % why it was changed from /lib/cpp, unless recent Linux distros don't have % that link anymore. /lib/cpp was removed because the FHS decrees something to the effect that /lib should contain only those libraries necessary to boot the system. /usr/bin has, likewise, been decreed the place to drop most user-visible binaries, such as cpp. Kurt -- Take it easy, we're in a hurry. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
