Letting them work doesn't preclude desupporting it as a supported build
mechanism.

James

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>On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, matthew green wrote:
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>>    Yes, it is (for DESTDIR=/ builds). And I really don't like the fact that
>>    people keep saying "don't do this" about DESTDIR=/ builds. Either officialy
>>    don't support it, or make sure that it works by testing it.
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>> you can never make sure that DESTDIR=/ builds will "work."
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>> we should official de-support them IMO.
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>	I find them very useful on machines tracking _STABLE, where the
>	chances of breakage are much lower.
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>		David/absolute          -- www.netbsd.org: No hype required --
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