[PATCH] fix erroneous "builddir" reference in libbb/Makefile

Rich Felker dalias at aerifal.cx
Sun May 14 21:02:59 UTC 2006


On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 04:26:28PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Sun, 14 May 2006, Rich Felker wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 02:23:43PM -0500, Jason Schoon wrote:
> > > I completely agree with that.  If you want to build the latest
> > > version of a package, but can't be bothered to upgrade your build
> > > tools to something from 4 years ago, tough.  According to
> > > freshmeat, make 3.79.1 was released 8 years ago, August of 1998.
> > > Time to let it go.
> 
> > Would you like to find me a "modern" make with same or smaller size
> > on disk? The problem with requiring recent versions of GNU packages
> > is that the ones newer than 8-15 years old become exponentially
> > bloated with each release... :(
> 
> perhaps i'm missing something -- why is the size of "make" an issue?

The size of a single program is not the issue. The overall size of all
installed programs is. You ask me why I can't use a version of make
that's 200% larger. Someone else asks me why I can't upgrade another
program. By the time it's finished the total OS size has tripled... :(

Yes it would be better to use a more modern version of make, but it
would also be nice to debloat it. In the absence of improvements to
reduce size and improve performance, I have a really strong disgust
for forced upgrades.

Rich




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