[RFC] Removin the old make

[Chris H]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:47:27 -0700 Ian Lepore <ian at freebsd.org> wrote

> On Fri, 2015-02-13 at 01:24 +0100, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 12:49:13AM +0100, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > I would like to start using bmake only syntax on our infrastructure for
> > > tha= > t I
> > > > want to make sure noone is using the old make, so I plan to remove the
> > > old = .................................................^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > > make
> > > > =66rom base, I plan to do it by Feb 16th.
> > > > 
> > > > Note that bmake is the default since FreeBSD 10.
> > > > FreeBSD 9.3 is also providing bmake (as bmake) on default installation.
> > > > 
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Bapt
> > > 
> > > I don't know the difference, but it seems potentialy dangerous to
> > > remove old make without notice ?
> > > 
> > Old make was already removed in 10.x what remains is only the sources and
> > that is what I propose to remove from 11 (and only from 11)
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Bapt
> 
> fmake exists as a port too, doesn't it?  That's what I vaguely remember
> as the plan... bmake available in 9, it's the default in 10 but fmake
> source is still around, and then in 11 fmake is gone from base but
> available as a port.
If that's the case. It all hardly seems worth an announcement.
Nothing's lost, and everyone wins. :)

--Chris
> 
> -- Ian
> 
> 
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