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From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>
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Subject: Re: Kernelconfig.sgml FINALLY FINISHED!
To: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 1995 13:30:18 -0700 (PDT)
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> 
> As Andreas Klemm wrote:
> > 
> > 	I would add a note, like "don't name your kernel DEBUG,
> > 	since that would cause debugging statements to be compiled
> > 	into the kernel, which is only useful for kernel developers."
> 
> ``Often, config file names resemble the name of the machine the kernel
> is intended for, for example, a config file for the machine
> freefall.freebsd.org would be called FREEFALL.''
> 
> > 		# make depend			<<== what about this ?!
> > 		# make
> > 		# make install
> > 
> > 	I always thought, that a "make depend" is important here ?!
> 
> Since config(8) has just blown away the entire build directory (and
> will blow away it again next time), make depend is simply a waste of
> time.  (Btw., /usr/src/release/Makefile does also fail in this area:
> it's wasting much time makeing depend for two kernels where the build
> areas are being nuked 10 minutes later. :-)
THIS IS NOT TRUE

I often make ne configuration,
then build from it several dozen times as I edit various sources..
not having correct dependencies can be a real problem, and cause
untold hours of wasted debugging..

> 
> People who know about config -n do also know about make depend. :-)
> 
> -- 
> cheers, J"org
> 
> joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
> Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
>