Subject: Re: build.sh '-u' behavior problematic with new installs
To: Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 09/25/2003 10:30:04
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Greg Troxel wrote:

> David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk> writes:
>
> > 4) stale .depend files ?
>
> I'm pretty sure this is not the case - the build was from
> freshly-checked out source and an empty /usr/obj.
>
> The problem was that /usr/include/net/pfkeyv2.h was not installed, not
> that anything wasn't built.
>
> I had a similar problem with the contents of /usr/share/mk not getting
> updated on a machine that I took from 1.5 to 1.6 via source.
>
>
> Reflecting on all the comments, I favor changing the conditional
> install to install if timestamps differ or if content differs.
> But, it isn't clear that this is worth the effort.

Current's build.sh now supports installing to a destdir in one step,
then unconditionally installing the contents of the destdir to the
directory of your choice (e.g. "/") in the next. That's the solution
to the problem you encountered.

Frederick