cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin Makefile src/lib Makefile src/sbin Makefile src/usr.bin Makefile src/usr.sbin Makefile

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <20030829204245.GC31211 at dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
            Marcel Moolenaar <marcel at xcllnt.net> writes:
: Has anyone thought about a solution that is based on the more generic
: problem of suppressing recursing into arbitrary directories by using
: an exclude list that uses REs or patterns?

Yes.

: Most NO_FOO variables do nothing but prevent that certain subdirectories
: are added to SUBDIR. It seems to me that a more direct approach to
: achieve this is more generic and usable than the inherently non-
: scalable solution of introducing more NO_FOO variables.

Also agreed.

I have some ideas that I'll be coding up this weekend based on years
of creating 8-12MB base systems.

Warner