Subject: Removal of the whatis.db target
To: Paul Kranenburg <pk@netbsd.org>
From: Bernd Ernesti <netbsd@arresum.inka.de>
List: current-users
Date: 03/19/2002 18:57:17
On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 06:17:06PM +0200, Paul Kranenburg wrote:
>
> Module Name: basesrc
> Committed By: pk
> Date: Tue Mar 5 16:17:06 UTC 2002
>
> Modified Files:
> basesrc: Makefile
>
> Log Message:
> Build whatis.db and infodir-meta from the commands list of the afterinstall
> target. Remember: inserting `dummy' targets is not equivalent of some
> convenient macro expansion; it has side effects!
So, you removed the whatis.db target with this commit.
That wasn't obvious from the commit message and it is even more surprising,
when you do a make whatis.db and this fails now.
Please put it back.
Bernd