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

[Anton Shterenlikht]

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 05:03:26PM +0000, Chris Rees wrote:
> On 28 January 2010 16:59, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas at bristol.ac.uk> 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
> > local .mc should be updated and then .cf generated.
> >
> > Because of this behaviour I have to manually delete
> > local .mc files and all .cf files before running make.
> >
> > Any comments?
> >
> > many thanks
> > anton
> >
> 
> 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 .mc?

thank you

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