On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 01:32:11 +0000 (UTC)
Ed Maste <ema...@freebsd.org> wrote:

> Author: emaste
> Date: Thu Oct 22 01:32:11 2015
> New Revision: 289728
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/289728
> 
> Log:
>   Warn that NOCLEAN is deprecated - use NO_CLEAN instead
>   
>   NO_CLEAN has been the correct spelling for over a decade.
> 
> Modified:
>   head/Makefile.inc1
> 
> Modified: head/Makefile.inc1
> ==============================================================================
> --- head/Makefile.inc1        Thu Oct 22 01:04:31 2015
> (r289727) +++ head/Makefile.inc1      Thu Oct 22 01:32:11
> 2015  (r289728) @@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ SUBDIR+=etc
>  .endif       # !empty(SUBDIR_OVERRIDE)
>  
>  .if defined(NOCLEAN)
> +.warning NOCLEAN option is deprecated. Use NO_CLEAN instead.
>  NO_CLEAN=    ${NOCLEAN}
>  .endif
>  .if defined(NO_CLEANDIR)


For some definition of 'correct'. It definitely is not for those who
have -DNOCLEAN wired into their finger memory and above mentioned
decade did not help with that any.

I think some of the common spellings were left as is in great NO_<foo>
revolution for a reason and I see no reason why the sudden itch to
change that.

-- 
Alexander Kabaev

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