Re: .depend line 264: Inconsistent operator for ipf

From: Kris Kennaway (kris_at_obsecurity.org)
Date: 05/30/05

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To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>

    On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 02:22:10PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:

    > When someone changes the type of "foo" from file to directory,
    > this is exactly what happens. sbin/ipf/ipf was a file, which
    > has a recorded dependency in your stale .depend file. Now,
    > sbin/ipf/ipf is a directory, and it has a :: type of dependency
    > provided by bsd.subdir.mk in sbin/ipf/Makefile, hence the error
    > from make(1). Just blow away your /usr/obj/usr/src/sbin/ipf.
    > I'm considering changing bsd.subdir.mk to prevent this from
    > happening again and again.

    That would probably be a good idea..this question will surely come up
    again and again each time someone tries to update from 5.x to 6.x.

    Kris

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