On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 05:33:54PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> OK, more details on 4.3-STABLE -> 5.0-CURRENT upgrade path breakage.
>
> 1. kbdcontrol(1) is used by usr.sbin/sysinstall/Makefile to generate
> keymap.h with keyboard maps.
>
> 2. Recent usr.sbin/sysinstall/Makefile wants to generate keymap.h
> from "current" keymap sources in ../../share/syscons/keymaps,
> so it should use "current" kbdcontrol(1) as well because:
> a) only -CURRENT kbdcontrol(1) understands ${KEYMAP_PATH}
> b) only "current" kbdcontrol(1) may understand "current" keymap
> file syntax, as is the keyboard "paste" feature for now.
>
> 3. So usr.sbin/kbdcontrol should be in Makefile.inc1:bootstrap-tools.
>
> 4. But bootstrap-tools are supposed to be built in a host environment,
> and -CURRENT kbdcontrol(1) couldn't be built on -STABLE because it
> requires -CURRENT sys/sys/kbio.h header (the PASTE define).
>
> I'm currently testing with -I${.CURDIR}/../../sys added to the
> kbdcontrol/Makefile, but this is a gross hack.
Can't you teach sysinstall/Makefile to use the kbdcontrol in
${.OBJDIR}/../kbdcontrol/kbdcontrol instead, and make it somehow
depend on kbdcontrol being built beforehand?
G'luck,
Peter
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