cvs commit: src/usr.bin/make make.1

[Ceri Davies]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 10:19:33PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 06:06:52PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > > From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru at freebsd.org>
> > > Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/make make.1
> > > Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:27:10 +0300
> > > 
> > > > On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 09:13:30AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> > > > > In message: <200510121009.j9CA9aE3026075 at repoman.freebsd.org>
> > > > >             Yar Tikhiy <yar at FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > > > > : yar         2005-10-12 10:09:36 UTC
> > > > > : 
> > > > > :   FreeBSD src repository
> > > > > : 
> > > > > :   Modified files:
> > > > > :     usr.bin/make         make.1 
> > > > > :   Log:
> > > > > :   __MAKE_CONF doesn't really belong here because it is
> > > > > :   a FreeBSD extension of sys.mk.  A xref to make.conf(5)
> > > > > :   will be enough here.
> > > > > :   
> > > > > :   Requested by:   ru
> > > > > 
> > > > > I disagree.  It is already hard enough to find info about __MAKE_CONF,
> > > > > and since it is part of the base system, this seems like an artificial
> > > > > distinction.
> > > > > 
> > 
> > > > We really don't need any more duplication.
> > 
> > That's true, but it should be our problem and not the user's.
> > 
> It's not just that, it's that __MAKE_CONF isn't used/set/known
> by the make(1) utility.  It's a location of make.conf file that
> is included by the default FreeBSD version of sys.mk.  So if
> we wanted to emphasize this, it'd be more logical to talk more
> about make.conf(5) itself, what it is and how it's used in
> FreeBSD.  It can be a separate section, e.g. "FreeBSD sys.mk",
> documenting __MAKE_CONF and probably other "make \
> __MAKE_CONF=/dev/null -f /dev/null -dg1" bits.  Or it could be
> a short explanation of what make.conf is and then a reference
> to the make.conf(5) manpage.  But it's certainly not the make's
> internal variable (where it was initially documented), hence my
> objection?to this commit.

That's a convincing argument too.  Perhaps this stuff belongs in mk(7)?

Ceri
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