[ On Thu, June 29, 1995 at 00:02:22 (+1000), matthew green wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: Compile of routed in -current ? .... 
>
> ick.  this would (seem to) spread all the include files in to the
> various parts of the tree that need them.  that's horrible.  i'd
> really just like what i suggested above.

On the contrary.  Not the parts that 'need' them, but rather it places
include files in the area where responsibility resides for the
interfaces and data structures defined by those files.

I.e. <curses.h> belongs in the src/lib/libcurses directory.

This has already been done for man pages and other documentation.  Why
not for headers?

> but what *other* problems crop up?  your suggestion seems to be
> ripe for those bugs to infest.  it seems too complicated for the
> desired result.

Excuse me?  I see clarification, not complication.

>  a little user education is what is really needed.
> i can't feel sorry for people compiling the full netbsd tree who
> aren't at least aware of the issues involved -- it is just too
> big.

That's why encoding as much of the configuration management and
inter-sub-system dependencies as possible into the makefiles is
essential.  You should be able to type "make DESTDIR=/testroot install"
from any point in the tree and re-install everything under that point
without concern for what is already installed either in the current
system, or under /testroot (so long as you don't assume the installed
products are going to be run if they have some runtime dependency).

As I understand the proposal, or at least how I would expect things to
work is that nothing in /usr/src should ever use /usr/include except the
final step of copying the accumulated headers in /usr/src/include to
/usr/include.  The only drawback is that we then must always assume the
full tree is in one place, or provide hooks so the user can choose to
use the installed defaults (i.e. /usr/include).

The same technique should apply for the /usr/src/share/mk files.

BTW, this is the first part of what is required in order to support full
cross-compliation environments.

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