cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1 ObsoleteFiles.inc src/share/man/man7 build.7

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Tue Aug 2 15:03:18 GMT 2005


In message: <20050802140536.zstn68rcgsg84g0w at netchild.homeip.net>
            Alexander Leidinger <netchild at FreeBSD.org> writes:
: When an user calls delete-old with DESTDIR set to the root of a non-native
: machine architecture he may remove non-obsolete files when he forgets to set
: TARGET_ARCH. I want to prevent this situation. I think "failsafe" is more
: important than "POLA" in this case.

If you are cross compling, then you must set TARGET_ARCH.  This is
true for buildworld and installworld.  We don't have seat-belts
there.  Why would we need one here?

Warner


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