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Date:      Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:17:17 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, Donn Miller <dmmiller@cvzoom.net>, Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>, current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: hints static wiring
Message-ID:  <20000828101717.C23712@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <14762.26659.335.344828@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 08:24:50AM -0500
References:  <867l92lw8e.wl@tkc.att.ne.jp> <20000827184037.A22500@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <14762.8323.382969.782508@guru.mired.org> <39AA3882.914FC0A0@cvzoom.net> <14762.14890.276820.183791@guru.mired.org> <39AA5DC6.8D73081B@FreeBSD.org> <14762.24829.363032.115605@guru.mired.org> <39AA6699.41E12730@FreeBSD.org> <14762.26659.335.344828@guru.mired.org>

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On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 08:24:50AM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote:
> Well, yeah, I'd expect that. I'm still trying to figure out what
> *good* failing to compile unless there's an empty /boot/device.hints

The kernel does not fail to *BUILD*.  ``make install'' is what fails.  I
agree that the requirement is somewhat anonying.  But, it is better to
have this slight anonyance than for many to to install and boot a kernel
that would be broken.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)


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