Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 00:08:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Bob K <melange@yip.org> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Innacurate statements in handbook about buildkernel Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007262356200.43287-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <00072622494001.00590@dave.uhring.com>
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On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, David Uhring wrote: > Worse than that, the GENERIC kernel provided no support for sound. And > someone is forgetting here that in a release version, the new tools will > already be installed where they should be in the file tree. Now, the > procedure required in stable during the MFC made perfect sense. But, let's > face the fact that in a release distribution, there won't even be anything in > /usr/obj. Will the previous method of configuring and building a modified > kernel continue to work for people who buy or download the release version? No, no. You're all forgetting that on a system where the source, libraries, and building tools never change, it will always build consistently. It only comes into play when upgrading, but is merely one other thing to do differently while doing so. -- Bob <melange@yip.org> "Reality is the only word in the language that should always be used in quotes" - The Amityville Horror III To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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