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From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org>
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On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Brandon Gillespie wrote:

>   -e ed-script
>             Specifies that you want to run the specified ed editor script on
>             the configuration file before a new kernel is built.
> 
> For FreeBSD I'd suggest the -c and -e option, and possibly -d (altho I
> don't know how relevant to FreeBSD it is).  Altho, I think -e should be
> default on if you don't specify -cFILE. 

What does it mean for an option to be default on if it requires a
filename?  And why turn on this option by default?


 Ben

"You have your mind on computers, it seems."