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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:41:12 +0200
From: "Alexandr A. Listopad" <laa@laa.zp.ua>
To: Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1
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In-Reply-To: <200101220729.f0M7TnZ86477@freefall.freebsd.org>; from peter@FreeBSD.ORG on Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 11:29:49PM -0800
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On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 11:29:49PM -0800, Peter Wemm wrote:
> peter       2001/01/21 23:29:49 PST
> 
>   Modified files:
>     .                    Makefile.inc1 
>   Log:
>   Using "KERNEL" for buildkernel was a very very bad mistake.  $KERNEL is
>   already used by the kernel makefiles themselves, and this leads to a lot
>   of trouble when people put "KERNEL=MYKERNEL" in make.conf.  Bite the bullet
>   and change it to KERNCONF instead, before it gets too far entrenched.
>   
>   The kernel Makefiles use ${KERNEL} as the name of what to install the
>   kernel as, eg: /boot/${KERNEL}/kernel or /${KERNEL}.  This leads to much
>   unhappiness with things like /LOCAL instead of /kernel.  buildkernel is
>   severely limited as it is only useful directly after a buildworld.

src/UPDATING need to be changed?

-- 
 Laa


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