Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 00:15:02 +1000 (EST) From: proff@suburbia.net To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipfilter compilation Message-ID: <19970406141502.6463.qmail@suburbia.net> In-Reply-To: <19970406150753.SQ24384@uriah.heep.sax.de> from J Wunsch at "Apr 6, 97 03:07:53 pm"
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> As proff@suburbia.net wrote: > > > I don't see that outside references are a problem, provided the > > user is kept aware of them. > > That's probably the best solution to handle src/contrib code for > kernel-land, yes. But it makes packaging the distributions harder. > Right now, it's sufficient to install the `ssys' distribution if you > wanna rebuild your kernel. If we simply reference through > ../../contrib in sys/conf/files, this will require the luser to > install the entire contrib distribution bloat as it stands now. > > -- > cheers, J"org Anyone object to src/sys_contrib then? In cases like ipfilter it would still contain user-land kernel support code, but this would be quite reasonable size-wise compared to src/contrib. Cheers, Julian -- Prof. Julian Assange |If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people |together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks proff@suburbia.net |and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless proff@gnu.ai.mit.edu |immensity of the sea. -- Antoine de Saint Exupery
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