Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 09:09:10 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, obrien@freebsd.org Subject: Re: config(8) VERSREQ checking broken? Message-ID: <200512070909.11354.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20051207033419.GA10185@dragon.NUXI.org>
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On Tuesday 06 December 2005 10:34 pm, David O'Brien wrote: > sys/amd64/conf# config -V > 600002 > sys/amd/conf# config GENERIC > Specify machine type, e.g. ``machine i386'' > sys/amd/conf# grep VERSREQ ../../conf/Makefile.amd64 > %VERSREQ= 600004 > > Shouldn't I be getting the usual error message that my config version > isn't new enough to support building a kernel from these sources? It has no machine type, so it doesn't know which Makefile to open and search for the %VERSREQ variable. On current the machine directive moved from GENERIC to DEFAULTS (since it isn't something you'd really want to be changing anyway). -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.orghome | help
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