Re: versioned files in DESTDIR breaking build

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Fri, 11 Jul 2008, Sarton O'Brien wrote:

> Having used '-u' only a few times and having encountered problems each time, 
> it'd be good if it worked a little more as advertised. Only when people have 
> posted their problems here, I've find out that '-u' is generally an option to 
> avoid, unless you know the possible complications.
>
> It's easy enough to figure it out but initially it was a bit confusing.
>
> Maybe it's use should be conditional with certain expected implications to 
> avoid people having different expectations from it's use?
>
> Just a thought, as I've not found the option of much use since I started 
> building netbsd and I am regularly seeing "Are you using -u?!?" as a response 
> to a failed build. There are obviously a few people this snags.
>
> Or ... maybe it's just one of those things that will always be a little 
> obscure :)

I use -u all the time and it almost always works.  On those rare 
occassions when it doesn't work, I'll go back to a full build.

Even on a quad-core amd4 with -j8, a -u saves a lot of rebuild time when 
it works.



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