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From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
Subject: Re: config deletes directory
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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 19:24:18 GMT
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In article <3d4nde$l2@agate.berkeley.edu> jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes:
>>  Removing old directory ../../compile/SPOTTISVAX

>It does this now because the dependencies have never been 100% there, so
>people were always hanging themselves by config'ing and making in a bogus
>kernel directory [...]

That's certainly true...

> I suppose that it really should be:
>	a) a runtime flag
>	b) documented! :)

And so is that!

Thanks,
 --  Richard
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