From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 30 22:00:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34F3A16A4CE for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:00:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp1.tsgincorporated.com (ns1.tsgincorporated.com [67.66.242.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6DAC43D55 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:00:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micheal@tsgincorporated.com) Received: from support.tsgincorporated.com (support.tsgincorporated.com [67.66.242.9])i8UM0MX8051144 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:00:22 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from micheal@tsgincorporated.com) Received: from micheal (micheal.tsgincorporated.com [67.66.242.77]) i8UM0MPU021473 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:00:22 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from micheal@tsgincorporated.com) Message-ID: <09a701c4a738$e1dab330$4df24243@tsgincorporated.com> From: "Micheal Patterson" Cc: References: <08c001c4a733$96cc0420$4df24243@tsgincorporated.com> <20040930212552.GA13999@xor.obsecurity.org> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:58:29 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.x and Lint X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:00:24 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kris Kennaway" To: "Micheal Patterson" Cc: Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 4:25 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.x and Lint On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 04:22:27PM -0500, Micheal Patterson wrote: > Stupid question maybe, but are there any plans on putting the comments back > into Lint? I realize that these may be documented within the online > handbook, however, for those of us, who at times are required to go to a > remote site, and the net link has failed, needing to recompile something > without comments or access to the handbook is a problem. They're in NOTES instead, from which LINT is autogenerated. Kris ----------- Just out of curiosity, have you compared 5x NOTES to a 4.10 LINT and see what's missing? I don't see anything on FIREWALL or IPFW or even IPF within the 5.x NOTES, whereas within a 4.10 LINT, you have all the information for the various settings. You need to cross reference the 5.x LINT, NOTES and Handbook now to get the information you had within one single file within the 4.x branch. Not that I'm really complaining, it's just that from all of the various other version updates to FBSD, from 2.x to 3.x, from 3.x to 4.x everything you needed to know about the kernel options was contained within one single file. With the jump from 4.x to 5.x, it's no longer the same. There was a time, when you could take LINT, remove what you didn't need and actually build your kernel and maintain the comments so you knew exactly what you had within your kernel. That's no longer an option unless one desires to recombine NOTES and LINT themself. -- Micheal Patterson Senior Communications Systems Engineer 405-917-0600 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.