Build option survey

Darren Pilgrim darren.pilgrim at bitfreak.org
Tue Mar 28 02:31:15 UTC 2006



Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <44270819.2080604 at bitfreak.org>, Darren Pilgrim writes:
>> Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>>> The build option survey is online again, now with all the new
>>> and improved build options which Ruslan has provided us with:
>>>
>>> 	http://phk.freebsd.dk/misc/build_options/
>> If it's advised to use the same initial make env for building and 
>> installing, why perform the BuildWorld and InstallWorld tests in the survey? 
>>  Doesn't that pretty much guarantee something will break?
> 
> Study the table carefully, there are options that are only valid for
> build- or installworld.

Right, but these are make.conf options so they'll be present in the 
environment for both regardless of if/how they're used in either target. 
Why run tests with inconsistent environments?



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