Author: gjb (doc committer)
Date: Sun Nov 20 19:05:32 2011
New Revision: 227769
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/227769
Log:
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
Modified:
head/Makefile
Modified: head/Makefile
==============================================================================
--- head/Makefile Sun Nov 20 18:01:45 2011 (r227768)
+++ head/Makefile Sun Nov 20 19:05:32 2011 (r227769)
@@ -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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