Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 09:46:50 +0000 (GMT) From: Paul Richards <p.richards@elsevier.co.uk> To: davidg@Root.COM Cc: gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-usrsbin@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/config Makefile main.c Message-ID: <199511300946.JAA18536@isis> In-Reply-To: <199511291846.KAA00293@corbin.Root.COM> from "David Greenman" at Nov 29, 95 10:46:28 am
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In reply to David Greenman who said > > The other idea is to add an option file for each supported option. Some > people don't like this because it makes adding a new option a little more > difficult (all the options would have to be listed in an options file, and > you need to add a #include plus a #ifdef to each file that uses the option). > The idea is that the option file would have a name like "option_foobar.h" or > something deterministic which would be autogenerated by config. The file > would either have the #define or it would be null (consuming no disk space > and would be relative fast access). This approach allows for fine control > over the kernel options dependency. Sounds good to me. If it makes it harder to add kernel options that's a bonus we gain as a side effect :-) -- Paul Richards. Originative Solutions Ltd. Internet: paul@netcraft.co.uk, http://www.netcraft.co.uk Phone: 0370 462071 (Mobile), +44 1225 447500 (work)
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