This fits my needs very well - many thanks :)
	ccing this to port-hpcmips in case any of the pocketbsd people
	might have comments based on their work producing a smaller
	distrib... :)

                David/absolute
			       -- www.netbsd.org: A pmap for every occasion --


On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Frederick Bruckman wrote:

> As I got no response to my last post, I've cleaned this up a little,
> and included directions. The idea is to arbitrarily exclude
> directories on the command line or in /etc/mk.conf, like so:
> 
> .ifndef DESTDIR
> EXCLUDE_SUBDIRS=	gnu/libexec gnu/usr.bin/sendmail \
> 			usr.sbin/amd
> .endif # DESTDIR
> 
> The 'DESTDIR' thing is in case you ever wanted to do a "make release".
> You can't depend on "make(release)" because of all the recursive makes.
> 
> I'm ready to commit this, if there are no objections.
> 
> 
> Frederick
> 
> 
> Index: bsd.README
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/sharesrc/share/mk/bsd.README,v
> retrieving revision 1.63.4.1
> diff -c -r1.63.4.1 bsd.README
> *** bsd.README	2000/06/24 06:59:38	1.63.4.1
> --- bsd.README	2000/08/24 04:36:31
> ***************
> *** 75,80 ****
> --- 75,88 ----
>   UNPRIVILEGED	If defined, don't set the owner/group/mode when installing
>   		files or directories.  This allows a non-root "make install".
>   
> + EXCLUDE_SUBDIRS	This can be set to a list of directories (or subdirectories)
> + 		to be arbitrarily excluded from the build. Directories are
> + 		specified relative to the top level, to any arbitrary depth,
> + 		such as, for example ``gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail gnu/libexec''.
> + 		Note that this isn't guaranteed to work in the general case,
> + 		as you could easily exclude a directory which builds targets
> + 		that are needed by some other directory.
> + 
>   MKCATPAGES	If "no", don't build or install the catman pages.
>   
>   MKDOC		If "no", don't build or install the documentation.
> Index: bsd.subdir.mk
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/sharesrc/share/mk/bsd.subdir.mk,v
> retrieving revision 1.38
> diff -c -r1.38 bsd.subdir.mk
> *** bsd.subdir.mk	2000/06/06 08:54:06	1.38
> --- bsd.subdir.mk	2000/08/24 04:36:31
> ***************
> *** 10,15 ****
> --- 10,24 ----
>   .MAIN:		all
>   .endif
>   
> + .if defined(EXCLUDE_SUBDIRS)
> + .for __EXCLUDE_SUBDIR in ${EXCLUDE_SUBDIRS}
> + .if ${BSDSRCDIR}/${__EXCLUDE_SUBDIR:H} == ${.CURDIR}
> + __TMP_SUBDIR:=		${SUBDIR:N${__EXCLUDE_SUBDIR:T}}
> + SUBDIR:=		${__TMP_SUBDIR}
> + .endif
> + .endfor
> + .endif # defined(EXCLUDE_SUBDIRS)
> + 
>   .for dir in ${SUBDIR}
>   .if exists(${dir}.${MACHINE})
>   __REALSUBDIR+=${dir}.${MACHINE}
> 
> 
>