Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:28:12 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> Cc: dougb@FreeBSD.org, doc@FreeBSD.org, jhb@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, murray.stokely@gmail.com, re@FreeBSD.org, kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU, dienst@marcrenearns.de Subject: Re: make buildkernel fails without complete source tree Message-ID: <20070122142812.39209e60.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20070122190958.GA53027@rambler-co.ru> References: <200701171832.28368.dienst@marcrenearns.de> <474078f80701181348q16ceb16bs40ba45b3d7057b83@mail.gmail.com> <20070121212428.GA47379@rambler-co.ru> <200701221111.56264.jhb@freebsd.org> <1169489832.11889.64.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu> <45B506A7.7060909@FreeBSD.org> <1169492498.11889.74.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu> <20070122190958.GA53027@rambler-co.ru>
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On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:09:58 +0300 Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 02:01:38PM -0500, Ken Smith wrote: > > True. I guess this is sort of where I was headed. IMHO we should > > either leave it as-is for the traditionalists or we should bite the > > bullet and stop providing a separate kernel source tree. As John > > pointed out in the message after this one life has moved on and > > now /usr/src is teeny compared to the size of disks. Is it worth the > > hassle/confusion to provide just kernel source any more? > > > Thinking of embedded world, it still makes a lot of sense. > I think adding a note to Handbook would be a good solution. First, real men program in ABEL. I've been waiting to say that. :) Second, would embedded environments really want the sources on their device? Or would it make more sense to do the work on another machine? -- Tom Rhodes
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