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On 11/21/12 5:58 PM, Eitan Adler wrote:
> I've been working on removing obsolete information various documents.
> While going through older articles I noticed a few references to the
> "old style" kernel configuration involving running config(1) manually.
>
> Is there any value in keeping this documented as an alternative to
> "make buildkernel" or should it be treated as an implementation detail?

I still do it quite often

>