On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 02:33:52PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> void writes:
> : Is it possible/desirable to have make print a message upon failure of
> : the buildkernel target, suggesting that the user do a buildworld if
> : they haven't done so? I know that sounds a bit more hand-holdish than
> : FreeBSD tends to be, but I think it would be nice.
>
> It is desirable, I think, but hard to know for sure if you have a
> stale world or a current world. No buildworld at all is easy to detect.
I would suggest not trying to detect the condition but simply mentioning
that it is a possible cause of failure and letting the user figure it out
from there.
--
Ben
"I told Paddy no, I told Steve no, I told Paul no, and Ben fell asleep."
--Kate C. (no, different Ben, I would have stayed up)
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