From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 31 10:59:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACC1737B40B for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 10:59:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail16.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.216]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43C6E43FD7 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 10:59:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 24968 invoked from network); 31 Jul 2003 17:59:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )encrypted SMTP for ; 31 Jul 2003 17:59:27 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6VHxPGI071802; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:59:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20030731161109.GA77736@dragon.nuxi.com> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:59:45 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: "David O'Brien" cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: Ruslan Ermilov cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile src/release/sparc64 dokern.sh X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:59:35 -0000 On 31-Jul-2003 David O'Brien wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 12:40:45AM -0700, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: >> ru 2003/07/30 00:40:45 PDT >> >> FreeBSD src repository >> >> Modified files: >> release Makefile >> Removed files: >> release/sparc64 dokern.sh >> Log: >> Embed a simplistic version of the dokern.sh script directly into >> release/Makefile. > > Why is this needed?? Would you PLEASE STOP special casing everything in > the release Makefiles so they are so hard to read?? We were very > orthogonal that every platform had an {ARCH}/dokern.sh -- even if it was > a very simple one-liner. The removal of dokern.sh does seem to be of very dubious benefit. Actually, what I think should happen is that if dokern.sh doesn't exist, then we shouldn't even bother building a BOOTMFS kernel and should just use the default kernel instead. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/