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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 13:04:41 -0800 (PST)
From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To: Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net>
Subject: Re: PATCH: sysinstall to remove userconfig code
Cc: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.freebsd.org>, current@FreeBSD.org,
	jkh@FreeBSD.org
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On 13-Nov-01 Cyrille Lefevre wrote:
> John Baldwin wrote:
>> On 13-Nov-01 Cyrille Lefevre wrote:
>> > Makoto Matsushita wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> Userconfig was gone in 5-current, so we can safely remove kget() from
>> >> sysinstall.  Attached below is a patch to do (kget.c should be remove
>> >> also).
>> > 
>> > I don't know -current. what is the feature which replace kget ?
>> > does boot -c (or whatever) still exists ? is it possible to
>> > edit <KERNEL>.hints at boot time ?
>> 
>> You can use kenv and just save the ones starting with 'hint' to kernel.conf.
>> kenv dumps the entire kernel environment.  We still need a utility written
>> in
> 
> well, kenv is a userland program (which also exists under -stable...
> forgot about it) but it is really not comparable to boot -c !
> I don't remember if I already use sysinstall to change any kernel value ?

kenv is what replaces kget in current.  The boot -c part is the Forth program.

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