Re: make doesn't see changes in /etc/mail/freebsd.mc

2010-01-28 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:59:16 +, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I've seen this behaviour for years, but never bothered > to ask why. > > Imagine I already have in /etc/mail local .mc and .cf files. Imagine I > then update freebsd.mc. When I run make nothing happens. What I think > should happen i

Re: make doesn't see changes in /etc/mail/freebsd.mc

2010-01-28 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Jan 28, 2010, at 9:11 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: >> Because your carefully crafted local .mc files shouldn't be clobbered >> whenever freebsd.mc is updated? > > I see.. so you are saying that freebsd.mc shouldn't even be > touched at all, all local chages should be made straight > to local .

Re: make doesn't see changes in /etc/mail/freebsd.mc

2010-01-28 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 05:03:26PM +, Chris Rees wrote: > On 28 January 2010 16:59, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > I've seen this behaviour for years, but never bothered > > to ask why. > > > > Imagine I already have in /etc/mail local .mc and .cf > > files. Imagine I then update freebsd.mc. Wh

Re: make doesn't see changes in /etc/mail/freebsd.mc

2010-01-28 Thread Chris Rees
On 28 January 2010 16:59, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I've seen this behaviour for years, but never bothered > to ask why. > > Imagine I already have in /etc/mail local .mc and .cf > files. Imagine I then update freebsd.mc. When I run make > nothing happens. What I think should happen is that > lo

make doesn't see changes in /etc/mail/freebsd.mc

2010-01-28 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
I've seen this behaviour for years, but never bothered to ask why. Imagine I already have in /etc/mail local .mc and .cf files. Imagine I then update freebsd.mc. When I run make nothing happens. What I think should happen is that local .mc should be updated and then .cf generated. Because of this