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From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
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In the last episode (Sep 23), Chris Laverdure said:
> Is there any hope of getting some dependancy checking in config? I
> can't imagine it being that difficult to implement and it would clear
> up a lot of noise on the mailing lists and IRC channels.
> 
> Plus, well, it just makes sense.

In the last episode (Sep 23), Chris Laverdure said:
> Alright, here's an example that hit me.
> 
> # /usr/sbin/config CUSTOM
> Error: Option DDB requires the following:
> Options KDB
> #

Looks like config has dependency checking after all :)  If it didn't,
you would likely have gotten a compile or link error when building the
kernel.

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	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com