Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 17:38:47 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: Allen Briggs <briggs@puma.bevd.blacksburg.va.us> Cc: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert), current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: config, other kernel build tools Message-ID: <199511100038.RAA00720@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199511100013.TAA04056@puma.bevd.blacksburg.va.us> References: <199511091843.LAA29465@phaeton.artisoft.com> <199511100013.TAA04056@puma.bevd.blacksburg.va.us>
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Allen Briggs writes: > > Anyone else believe config should be in the /usr/src/sys somewhere > > instead of /usr/src/usr.sbin? FWIW - I've been arguing this point since 1.X, so there are *some* things that Terry and I agree on. :) > Why? Does it still have machine-dependencies in it? Uh, no, but it changes with the kernel, so it's dependant upon a particular version of the kernel. > I highly recommend the much more machine-independent 'config' that > NetBSD is now using. Or at least something similar. The 'config' is NetBSD isn't necessarily any more 'machine independant' than the config in FreeBSD, it's just different. Nate
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