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authorgjb <gjb@FreeBSD.org>2011-11-20 19:05:32 +0000
committergjb <gjb@FreeBSD.org>2011-11-20 19:05:32 +0000
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Add a note to src/Makefile that explains that 'rm' runs twice because the
second invocation only needs to operate on files with the immutable flag set. Submitted by: arundel (via private email) (original version) Discussed on: -toolchain@ MFC after: 3 days
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 61e678b..52f35d2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -185,7 +185,10 @@ buildworld: upgrade_checks
# files with chflags set, so this unsets them and tries the 'rm' a
# second time. There are situations where this target will be cleaning
# some directories via more than one method, but that duplication is
-# needed to correctly handle all the possible situations.
+# needed to correctly handle all the possible situations. Removing all
+# files without the immutable flag set in the first 'rm' instance saves
+# time, because 'chflags' will need to operate on fewer files (with the
+# immutable flag set) afterwards.
#
BW_CANONICALOBJDIR:=${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}
cleanworld:
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