From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 23 04:08:43 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id EAA00488 for current-outgoing; Mon, 23 Dec 1996 04:08:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de [141.76.1.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id EAA00475 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 1996 04:08:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with ESMTP id NAA09443 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 1996 13:08:06 +0100 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with UUCP id NAA13491 for freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 23 Dec 1996 13:08:06 +0100 Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.8.4/8.6.9) id MAA03543 for freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 23 Dec 1996 12:59:29 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch Message-Id: <199612231159.MAA03543@uriah.heep.sax.de> Subject: Re: Making an option `supported' To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users) Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 12:59:29 +0100 (MET) Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) In-Reply-To: <199612231019.VAA18449@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from Bruce Evans at "Dec 23, 96 09:19:37 pm" X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL17 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk As Bruce Evans wrote: > Most options should go in a header file by themself. Then the option > file is automatically given a name related to the option if the file > name is not given explicitly: option BAR -> file name opt_bar.h. > You forgot the most important point :-): if a system header needs to be > edited, then don't add the option. E.g., the CHILD_MAX and OPEN_MAX > options should never have existed, because they break . (etc.) Ok, i've merged this with my original posting, and are about adding it to the handbook right now. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)