Subject: misc/3225: /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/tar_files/src does no include Makefile
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <david@mono.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/17/1997 14:16:31
>Number: 3225
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/tar_files/src does no include Makefile
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: misc-bug-people (Misc Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Feb 17 06:35:00 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: David Brownlee
>Organization:
Monochrome (<a href="http://www.mono.org/">Monochrome</a>)
>Release: 1.2C
>Environment:
NetBSD/sparc, IPX
System: NetBSD orwell.southern.net 1.2C NetBSD 1.2C (_SUN4C+FB_) #2: Mon Feb 17 11:48:22 GMT 1997 root@orwell.southern.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/_SUN4C+FB_ sparc
>Description:
The directory /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/tar_files/src contains
tarfiles of the -current source tree... _except_ for /usr/src/Makefile.
When people upgradde from an earlier release using these tarfiles
they will still have an old copy of /usr/src/Makefile with obvious
dangers.
>How-To-Repeat:
Upgrade from an earlier installation of NetBSD & wonder why
'make build' doesn't work (as well as it could be expected to)
>Fix:
Possibly one of: (In increasing unpleasantness :)
a) Copy usr/src/Makefile into that directory.
b) Create a Makefile.tar.gz for consistency.
c) Include usr/src/Makefile in etc.tar.gz.
d) Move usr/src/Makefile into a subdirectory and include it from
a 'one line' usr/src/Makefile.
>Audit-Trail:
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