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Date:      Mon, 23 Oct 1995 07:57:53 -0700
From:      David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@rocky.sri.mt.net>
Cc:        CVS-commiters@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-usrsbin@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/config mkmakefile.c 
Message-ID:  <199510231457.HAA00737@corbin.Root.COM>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 23 Oct 95 08:53:15 MDT." <199510231453.IAA21187@rocky.sri.MT.net> 

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>David Greenman writes:
>> davidg      95/10/23 03:29:17
>> 
>>   Modified:    usr.sbin/config  mkmakefile.c
>>   Log:
>>   Don't pre-processor define 'ident'. This has subtle consequences for people
>>   who don't carefully consider their choice for the machine name. The same
>>   functionality can still be had with an "option", so nothing is lost.
>
>Does this mean I can no longer rely on #ifdef TROUT in the kernel
>sources locally to bring in (or out) new code that is specific only to
>my box.  I have certain portions of the SCSI code I *have* to change due
>to HW bugs in my system, and this has been the 'BSD' way of doing things
>since early 4.1 days.

   Yes, that's what it means. If you have some specific bugs, then you should
give them names so that you can create a set of "options" that describe the
work-arounds. ...or add an "options TROUT". :-)

-DG



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