Subject: Re: Problems tracking -current with anoncvs ("could not chdir")
To: None <erh@nimenees.com>
From: Rick Byers <rickb@iaw.on.ca>
List: current-users
Date: 04/13/2000 15:22:00
Thanks!
I might hack CVS at some point, but for now using obj directories sounds
like a good idea to me anyway.
Thanks,
Rick
erh@nimenees.com wrote:
>
> The current general solution is to use obj directories.
> Set OBJMACHINE=obj.<foo> in /etc/mk.conf and run a make obj before doing
> any builds. You're going to want to do a make cleandir first.
> This has the added benefits of being able to toss the output of
> the build process someplace else (another disk) and creates a really
> fast way to clean the source tree. (rm -r /usr/obj or, if /usr/obj
> is a separate partition just newfs it)
>
> eric
> (I wonder where this should be documented.)
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