From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 23 18:01:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8273916A4CF for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:01:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts25.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF33A43D2F for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:01:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dashevil@sympatico.ca) Received: from [192.168.2.32] ([67.68.38.73]) by tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net ESMTP <20040923180111.KJKX7925.tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net@[192.168.2.32]>; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:01:11 -0400 From: Chris Laverdure To: Dan Nelson In-Reply-To: <20040923174929.GM66118@dan.emsphone.com> References: <1095916547.661.1.camel@elemental.DashEvil> <84dead72040923060647ebea29@mail.gmail.com> <1095956385.661.10.camel@elemental.DashEvil> <1095916547.661.1.camel@elemental.DashEvil> <20040923174929.GM66118@dan.emsphone.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1095962437.661.13.camel@elemental.DashEvil> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:00:37 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/sbin/config dependancy check? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:01:13 -0000 On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 13:49, Dan Nelson wrote: > 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. Sorry for the confusion, but that wasn't a real config run, just a proposed method of displaying dependency issues.