From owner-freebsd-current Fri May 4 6:21:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from lists01.iafrica.com (lists01.iafrica.com [196.7.0.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7D7D37B422 for ; Fri, 4 May 2001 06:21:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@uunet.co.za) Received: from nwl.fw.uunet.co.za ([196.31.2.162]) by lists01.iafrica.com with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #2) id 14vfWE-00037x-00; Fri, 04 May 2001 15:21:14 +0200 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za (8.8.8/8.6.9) id PAA23270; Fri, 4 May 2001 15:20:57 +0200 (SAST) Received: by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za via recvmail id 22916; Fri May 4 15:19:35 2001 Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.fw.uunet.co.za) by axl.fw.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14vfUd-0009Jr-00; Fri, 04 May 2001 15:19:35 +0200 To: Makoto MATSUSHITA Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any chance of release patch being committed? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 04 May 2001 20:38:06 +0900." <20010504203806U.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 15:19:35 +0200 Message-ID: <35826.988982375@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> From: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 04 May 2001 20:38:06 +0900, Makoto MATSUSHITA wrote: > All of examples are just "we want yet another *generic* kernel for > specific machines". > > Why you don't replace src/sys/${arch}/conf/GENERIC file to your own > (customized) version? It is too simple, and matches your requirements. Because that's a repo-backed file. Why make me manage CVS conflicts on update? Why not just allow something like RELEASE_KERNCONF? What's the real objection to it? So far, all I've heard is "Gee, I've never needed that". :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message