From owner-cvs-usrsbin Mon Oct 23 07:59:15 1995 Return-Path: owner-cvs-usrsbin Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id HAA09111 for cvs-usrsbin-outgoing; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 07:59:15 -0700 Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id HAA09099 ; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 07:58:59 -0700 Received: from corbin.Root.COM (corbin [198.145.90.50]) by Root.COM (8.6.12/8.6.5) with ESMTP id HAA03905; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 07:58:54 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by corbin.Root.COM (8.6.12/8.6.5) with SMTP id HAA00737; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 07:57:58 -0700 Message-Id: <199510231457.HAA00737@corbin.Root.COM> To: Nate Williams cc: CVS-commiters@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-usrsbin@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/config mkmakefile.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 23 Oct 95 08:53:15 MDT." <199510231453.IAA21187@rocky.sri.MT.net> From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 07:57:53 -0700 Sender: owner-cvs-usrsbin@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >David Greenman writes: >> davidg 95/10/23 03:29:17 >> >> Modified: usr.sbin/config mkmakefile.c >> Log: >> Don't pre-processor define 'ident'. This has subtle consequences for people >> who don't carefully consider their choice for the machine name. The same >> functionality can still be had with an "option", so nothing is lost. > >Does this mean I can no longer rely on #ifdef TROUT in the kernel >sources locally to bring in (or out) new code that is specific only to >my box. I have certain portions of the SCSI code I *have* to change due >to HW bugs in my system, and this has been the 'BSD' way of doing things >since early 4.1 days. Yes, that's what it means. If you have some specific bugs, then you should give them names so that you can create a set of "options" that describe the work-arounds. ...or add an "options TROUT". :-) -DG