seebs@plethora.net wrote:

> In message <199904301734.DAA13739@balrog.supp.cpr.itg.telecom.com.au>, Simon Bu
> rge writes:
> >At a guess, it probably started out as the moral equivalent of a
> >"make install" for /etc, and it just grew and grew...
> 
> >It probably makes sense for /usr/src/Makefile's "make snapshot" to:
> 
> >	make build			# build 'most everything
> >	cd etc && make distribution	# install /etc and /var bits
> >	cd distrib && make snapshot	# piece it all together
> 
> >Are you volunteering?  :-)
> 
> Uhm.
> 
> Maybe, actually.  I'm not very familiar with our make system, but I think I
> know nearly enough to do it.

It probably wouldn't take too much more that lopping that last 120 or
lines of etc/Makefile and putting them in distrib/Makefile (maybe with a
little more goo from etc/Makefile too).

> I would be a lot more optimistic if I weren't trying to do this all on my
> laptop.  ;)

Yep...  Also something you should avoid looking at after a night on
the booze.  The Makefile stuff involving builds and snapshots isn't
the prettiest thing around :-)

Simon.