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Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 12:21:36 -0700
From: David Bushong <david@bushong.net>
To: Jeff Wyman <wysoft@wysoft.tzo.com>
Cc: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>,
	"Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>,
	Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>,
	Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yerkernels
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On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 03:32:12PM -0700, Jeff Wyman wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Doug Barton wrote:
> > 	There is also the option of naming your kernel config file "kernel".
> > 
> Yes, but some people don't like to name their children "kernel" for
> whatever reason.
> 
Argh!  No no no no.  Doesn't anyone read LINT?

#makeoptions    KERNEL=foo              #Build kernel "foo" and install "/foo"

I just put:

makeoptions	KERNEL=kernel

in my /sys/i386/conf/MYMACHINENAME file and installkernel installs my fresh
kernel into /kernel no problem.

--David Bushong


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