[CFT/RFC]: refactor bsd.prog.mk to understand multiple programs instead of a singular program
David O'Brien
obrien at FreeBSD.org
Thu Oct 25 21:15:23 UTC 2012
On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 09:11:29AM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> two independent efforts (ATF & bmake) and there was no indication that
> one would be greatly benefitted from the other. At least not to the
> point of creating a dependency.
It seems we do have the situation where folks feel there is a dependency
between the two.
> Before we can switch permanently to bmake, we need to do the following
> first:
> 1. Request an EXP ports build with bmake as make(1). This should tell
> us the "damage" of switching to bmake for ports.
> 2. In parallel with 1: build www & docs with bmake and assess the
> damage
> 3. Fix all the damage
>
> It could be a while (many weeks) before we get to 4, so the question
Given the time this will take, I feel we need to add another knob to the
Bmake build so that 'make world' gives one both the FreeBSD make as
/usr/bin/make and Bmake as /usr/bin/bmake.
thoughts,
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