"R. C. Dowdeswell" <elric@mabelode.imrryr.org> writes:

> Actually, this is not strictly speaking true, if /usr/share/mk/sys.mk
> is not present:
> 
> $ make
> make: no system rules (sys.mk).
> 
> This is a bit of a nit, but make as it currently stands depends on
> /usr being mounted.

In this case we don't even want to use the system rules. So you're right.
It's a nit.

Cheers,
Julian.