On Fri, 30 Jun 1995, matthew green wrote:

>    I just tried make build with an empty DESTDIR. My sources are supped
>    from wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de at about 24th. Currently build fails
>    first because curses.h is not installed. Should the build target be
>    fixed or should curses.h be moved?
> 
> curses.h moved, imo.

And move the rest of the .h files scattered through the tree, too, I
suppose. 

The only benefit I can see is that it encourages people not to "make 
build" to update their userland.  Convince me (with reasons other than 
"it takes to long to do that") that this is a worthwhile effort...  I 
personally don't trust "make depend" very much.  I've been burned more 
than once.

I usually just build everything while I sleep, which is quite acceptable.
I can't really do much else on the system, and I usually sleep for more
than 6 hours, not to mention shower and breakfast. ;-)

>    Later build fails when it tries to install things, because the
>    directory hierarchy has not been created. I did make distrib-dirs in
>    etc to get past this. I suppose build target should be fixed to do
>    this also?
> 
> the build target fixed.  it is part of the build process.

Agreed.  It doesn't take long enough to worry about how much longer it 
will make the build process.

--scott