Re: RFC: adding .-include <local.*.mk> to share/mk

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Jul 26, 2026 at 01:57:56PM -0700, Simon J Gerraty wrote:
 > Having finally replaced the dead power supply in my NetBSD server,
 > and again have a useful box running 11.0
 > I'd like to commit a few .-include <local.*.mk> as per the patch below.
 > 
 > These provide a hook for customizing build behavior.
 > For example as described in
 > https://www.crufty.net/sjg/docs/netbsd-meta-mode.htm

It would be a lot easier to evaluate this proposal if you provided a
summary of what exactly you're proposing to do, what effects it would
have, and the problem it's supposed to solve.

Your post (as well as the link) contains mountains of details with no
overview or summary description, which are impossible to folllow
without being immersed in whatever context you're taking all this
from.

Furthermore, I think nobody besides you still really understands what
meta mode is or does. I may be being too pessimistic about this; but
from what I can see there's at least still no explanation in the man
page. Nor does the link really explain anything; there's masses of
details but no overview. (Also, FWIW, the link seems to be more of a
blog post than documentation.)

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David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost