Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:13:58 -0500 (EST) From: Ryan Younce <ryany@pobox.com> To: culverk@wam.umd.edu (Kenneth Wayne Culver) Cc: sue@welearn.com.au, npe@bfc.dk, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel configurator Message-ID: <199901041813.NAA02303@dinah.coastalnet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.990104105729.12542B-100000@rac9.wam.umd.edu> from Kenneth Wayne Culver at "Jan 4, 1999 10:59:23 am"
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> > On Mon, Jan 04, 1999 at 03:37:30PM +0100, npe@bfc.dk wrote: > > > Would a thing like a kernel configurator with a user interface be > > > appreciated ? > > > Personally I think that it would be a great plus for new users.. . > > > > Well... why don't you ask them? The newbies who can read have a mailing > > list where they decide what would be best for -current users to try :-) > > > Unless I'm mistaken, don't the options USERCONFIG, and its visual > counterpart already implement a "Kernel Configurator??" It's my > understanding that they do. That was my understanding also. I think the original author might have meant a pre-compilation utility which spawns a TCL or Curses based configuration tool that gives a runthrough of all the options, similar to Linux's 'make xconfig' or 'make menuconfig' (assuming, of course, that they haven't changed it in the two-plus years since I quit using Linux). Ryan Younce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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