John Darrow wrote:

> In article <199904301747.DAA14336@balrog.supp.cpr.itg.telecom.com.au>,
>     Simon Burge wrote:
> 
> >> >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?  :-)
> 
> >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).
> 
> >The Makefile stuff involving builds and snapshots isn't
> >the prettiest thing around :-)
> 
> >Simon.
> 
> I've already done some significant playing with the Makefile build/snapshot
> framework (see pr misc/7089), so I could take a shot at this.

I'll check it out.  Ta.

> Since I
> don't yet have CVS access, and the anoncvs server isn't up yet, I probably
> wouldn't submit the changes until after May 18, when the sup branch moves
> back to the trunk.  Among other things this would let me take a look at the
> changes put into the pmax port to include builds of the installation stuff
> (ramdisk, boot miniroot/floppies, etc.) and try to extend them to the other
> ports.

I can send diffs for the pmax stuff I did to you if you want to have a
look in the mean time.

Simon.