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Date:      Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:09:58 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU>
Cc:        Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, doc@FreeBSD.org, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, Murray Stokely <murray.stokely@gmail.com>, re@FreeBSD.org, Marc Ren? Arns <dienst@marcrenearns.de>
Subject:   Re: make buildkernel fails without complete source tree
Message-ID:  <20070122190958.GA53027@rambler-co.ru>
In-Reply-To: <1169492498.11889.74.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu>
References:  <200701171832.28368.dienst@marcrenearns.de> <474078f80701181348q16ceb16bs40ba45b3d7057b83@mail.gmail.com> <20070121212428.GA47379@rambler-co.ru> <200701221111.56264.jhb@freebsd.org> <1169489832.11889.64.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu> <45B506A7.7060909@FreeBSD.org> <1169492498.11889.74.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu>

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On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 02:01:38PM -0500, Ken Smith wrote:
> True.  I guess this is sort of where I was headed.  IMHO we should
> either leave it as-is for the traditionalists or we should bite the
> bullet and stop providing a separate kernel source tree.  As John
> pointed out in the message after this one life has moved on and
> now /usr/src is teeny compared to the size of disks.  Is it worth the
> hassle/confusion to provide just kernel source any more?
>=20
Thinking of embedded world, it still makes a lot of sense.
I think adding a note to Handbook would be a good solution.


Cheers,
--=20
Ruslan Ermilov
ru@FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer

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