Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Apr 2003 21:00:30 -0400 | From | rmoser <> | Subject | Re: Kernel source tree splitting |
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On 4/30/2003 at 5:52 PM Larry McVoy wrote:
>It would be *really* cool if the Makefile dependencies actually worked. >It's a very little known fact but if you are in an RCS or SCCS (and BK >looks like SCCS to make) source tree and the files are not checked out, >you can just say > > make > >and make will look for a makefile, if there isn't one but there is a >SCCS/s.[Mm]akefile it will check it out, look at the dependencies and start >checking those out and keep doing it to satisfy the target. > >It's a really pleasant way to work, the "make clobber" target "cleans" >all the source so it isn't checked out, the directory is nice and empty. >This makes it easy to see stuff you still need to check in or think about. >It's definitely an old timer way of working, I'm pretty sure that the >original Unix was done this way but just because it is old doesn't mean >it is bad. Opinions differ on that :) > >Here's a make in a cleaned BK source tree: [cut]
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Larry... what the heck are you talking about? No really you lost me :)
Are you talking about hitting a button and flushing all the code but what's new, or about actually making different tarballs cause the source tree to auto-adapt to what's in it?
What is RCS/SCCS
--Bluefox Icy
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