From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 28 09:43:59 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id JAA18182 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 28 Apr 1995 09:43:59 -0700 Received: from nm0039.nmso.nm.blm.gov (nm0024.nmso.nm.blm.gov [158.68.160.24]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id JAA18176 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 1995 09:43:57 -0700 Received: by nm0039.nmso.nm.blm.gov (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA29035; Fri, 28 Apr 1995 10:44:00 -0600 Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 10:44:00 -0600 (MDT) From: Chris Olsen Reply-To: colsen@pdsinc.com To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What I'd *really like* for 2.0.5 In-Reply-To: <1227.799043184@time.cdrom.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 27 Apr 1995, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > When would you need this by? I have started playing with libdialog for > > some other stuff and I think this would be pretty straight forward. Do > > you want it to cover ALL config options or just the most common? > > I'd need it by Wednesday at the absolute latest and I don't know if > ALL the options are necessary, though it'd be nice. I'd certainly > settle for just the most common ones! > > Once it's generated the user's config file, it should then offer to > build and then (optionally) install it, also giving the user helpful > hints about booting with /kernel.old in case of trouble. > > Oh yes, it should also mention the `-c' flag as an alternative to > configuring the kernel at all before you start.. Now that we have > dset working, the -c changes are permanant and a definite alternative > to compiling up a whole new kernel. > > Thanks! > Jordan > I will work on it this weekend and send you the stuff on monday. You can review it and let me know what problems you find. ------------------------------ | Christopher Bryan Olsen | | Productive Data Systems | | colsen@pdsinc.com | | (505) 438-7812 | ------------------------------