On Wednesday, 7 June 2006 at 10:51:45 -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > On Tuesday 06 June 2006 23:33, Tom Rhodes wrote: >> trhodes 2006-06-07 03:33:48 UTC >> >> FreeBSD src repository >> >> Modified files: >> . Makefile README >> Log: >> Simply running ``make world'' will bomb unless you dig up the >> undocumented HISTORICAL_MAKE_WORLD variable and set it. Note it >> here so the blow up will not really be a surprise to people who >> read. > > I thought the obfuscation was intentional as very few people should > be doing a 'make world' without a custom DESTDIR these days.
Then there's no reason not to document it. Warning: FORCE_ROOT_INSTALL can render your system unusable by overwriting existing configuration files. Do not use it unless you are completely aware of the consequences. And yes, a descriptive name like FORCE_ROOT_INSTALL, not HISTORICAL_MAKE_WORLD. > Certainly people new to FreeBSD shouldn't be doing it; only those > with the command hardwired into their brains. We've had > buildworld/installworld since 2.2.5 (or 2.2.6) I think as I've only > had to do a 'make world' once to go from 2.2.2 to 2.2.6. :) FWIW, that's when the rot set in IMO. One of the nice things about FreeBSD *used* to be that to upgrade the system you just needed to do "make world". Now you have a lot more work. The only justification for this regression is that it's really difficult to get everything right. But that's a bug, not a feature. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers.
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