From: Jacob Todd <jaketodd422@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] mk time-check/slice issue
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 11:40:36 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAB8pEY6-U+R0y+oy0tDD5QD=LyHt82oGDTu=J69WGPAyjXsy=Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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No one is stopping you from changing it in your installation.
On Dec 19, 2013 11:38 AM, "Blake McBride" <blake@mcbride.name> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Tristan <9p-st@imu.li> wrote:
>
>> > I for one favor practical usefulness over theoretical correctness. An
>> > environment variable option would trivially satisfy both groups. It
>> could
>> > operate as-is so nothing pre-existing would be affected.
>>
>> how long does it take you to run mk, and then realise you didn't Put your
>> last set of changes?
>>
>> i once changed mk on my local machine to act as you suggest, and then
>> took far too long trying to figure out why the program's behavior didn't
>> reflect the code. more time than i saved from waiting on mk? who knows?
>>
>
> If the situation you describe can happen then it definitely shouldn't be
> changed. Could you please provide me with a scenario (sequence of events)
> that would be a problem if mk was changed? I can't think of one.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Blake
>
>
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Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-12-18 22:01 Blake McBride
2013-12-18 22:08 ` Matthew Veety
2013-12-18 22:42 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-18 22:16 ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-18 22:46 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 5:40 ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-19 6:07 ` Bakul Shah
2013-12-19 10:59 ` Charles Forsyth
2013-12-19 14:21 ` Oleksandr Iakovliev
2013-12-19 14:58 ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-19 14:52 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 14:55 ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-19 15:58 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 16:30 ` Tristan
2013-12-19 16:37 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 16:40 ` Jacob Todd [this message]
2013-12-19 17:05 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 17:24 ` Tristan
2013-12-19 18:30 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 17:59 ` Steffen Daode Nurpmeso
2013-12-19 17:07 ` a
2013-12-19 18:40 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 18:58 ` Kurt H Maier
2013-12-19 19:06 ` Matthew Veety
2013-12-19 19:07 ` Kurt H Maier
2013-12-19 19:20 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 19:27 ` Kurt H Maier
2013-12-19 19:42 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 20:02 ` Kurt H Maier
2013-12-19 20:18 ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-19 20:23 ` Kurt H Maier
2013-12-19 19:35 ` a
2013-12-19 19:09 ` a
2013-12-27 10:16 ` dexen deVries
2013-12-19 19:09 ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-19 19:29 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 19:39 ` Gabriel Diaz
2013-12-19 20:15 ` Richard Miller
2013-12-19 20:28 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 20:45 ` Richard Miller
2013-12-20 15:23 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2013-12-19 19:12 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2013-12-19 19:22 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 19:43 ` Rudolf Sykora
2013-12-19 19:58 ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 19:26 ` sl
2013-12-19 10:01 ` Richard Miller
2013-12-19 15:01 ` erik quanstrom
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2013-12-18 23:09 ` Jason Catena
2013-12-19 5:47 ` erik quanstrom
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