From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 07:03:25 -1000 From: Tim Newsham To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: <20091002045200.GA16743@nipl.net> Message-ID: References: <4c83c9076f3de55d5a49deff52f0f37c@proxima.alt.za> <140e7ec30910010322j13a193b4j7b0bb9704cbb4604@mail.gmail.com> <20091001132324.GA8508@nipl.net> <20091002045200.GA16743@nipl.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: inferno-list@vitanuova.com Subject: Re: [9fans] inferno from hg does not build out of the box Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7c8043d2-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > It's a bit sad when a modern OS (inferno) from one of the best labs in the > world does not build (from hg), due to a error that could be avoided with a > tiny patch. You are losing new users because of this (or aggrevating them). > Why not commit the list of empty directories and add mkdir -p ` to makemk.sh or something like that? It's a 1 minute fix, and could be removed > if anyone fixes hg. Also there is a standard utility "uname" which could be > used to write a short configure script (for unix; "" would mean plan 9!). > I'm happy to do this if someone is willing to review and commit it. committing a ".emptydir" file in each directory would be easier. > Sam Tim Newsham http://www.thenewsh.com/~newsham/