Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 11:30:50 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> To: Michael Enkelis <michaele@mxim.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: New "config" program Message-ID: <16621.800649050@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 16 May 95 09:08:07 PDT." <Pine.SUN.3.90a.950516090259.29942A@macs>
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> There is a oversight in the new config program, it no longer "reminds" > you to do a "make depend". Not an oversight at all. The make depend was of dubious value as it still didn't actually function properly - it would catch very simplistic dependencies but not more complex ones, resulting in kernels which failed in weird and interesting ways. I think anyone using `make depend' in /sys/compile/FOO and expecting it to work across multiple configs/changes is just asking for trouble, and I have ample evidence to prove it! Note that I'm not saying that this _shouldn't_ work, simply that it does not currently do so reliably enough to be counted upon. Jordan
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