From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 21 18:14:45 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56CBAC11; Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:14:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaduk@mit.edu) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-1.mit.edu (DMZ-MAILSEC-SCANNER-1.MIT.EDU [18.9.25.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6A8E8FC13; Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:14:44 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 1209190c-b7f286d000000ee3-ed-50ad1a0d7683 Received: from mailhub-auth-2.mit.edu ( [18.7.62.36]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-1.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 6C.AC.03811.D0A1DA05; Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:14:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by mailhub-auth-2.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id qALIEbVF021501; Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:14:37 -0500 Received: from multics.mit.edu (SYSTEM-LOW-SIPB.MIT.EDU [18.187.2.37]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as kaduk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id qALIEZAY027173 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:14:36 -0500 (EST) Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id qALIEYuv022703; Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:14:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:14:34 -0500 (EST) From: Benjamin Kaduk To: Eitan Adler Subject: Re: svn commit: r40117 - in head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook: kernelbuild policies tools In-Reply-To: <201211211357.qALDvDsP064264@svn.freebsd.org> Message-ID: References: <201211211357.qALDvDsP064264@svn.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (GSO 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFvrMIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixG6nossrtTbA4PAyY4sfHw8xWez6O4fZ 4sai/UwWu/t7mR1YPGZ8ms8SwBjFZZOSmpNZllqkb5fAldEx5xZrwWW2ioNLD7A2MC5j7WLk 5JAQMJFY+GkLE4QtJnHh3nq2LkYuDiGBfYwSN2esZYJwNjBKrPn+BMo5wSRxdcUuZgingVFi R/8OdpB+FgFtiSOzWsHmsgmoSMx8s5ENxBYBsr/v/wm2g1kgSmLP0kawGmGBQok5ax4zgtic AlYSB5bdAJvDK+Ag8W/PNrB6IQFLiYOPT4LZogI6Eqv3T2GBqBGUODnzCQvETEuJf2t/sU5g FJyFJDULSWoBI9MqRtmU3Crd3MTMnOLUZN3i5MS8vNQiXUO93MwSvdSU0k2MoLDllOTZwfjm oNIhRgEORiUeXo4NqwOEWBPLiitzDzFKcjApifJGi64NEOJLyk+pzEgszogvKs1JLT7EKMHB rCTCu+PhmgAh3pTEyqrUonyYlDQHi5I47+WUm/5CAumJJanZqakFqUUwWRkODiUJXlVJoKGC RanpqRVpmTklCGkmDk6Q4TxAw0VBaniLCxJzizPTIfKnGBWlxHn1QRICIImM0jy4XlhaecUo DvSKMK84SBUPMCXBdb8CGswENDjeZTXI4JJEhJRUA2O6671JlsWH73h/Fox8vf3B29Y1qZcz jwnsebpc5NHqFzmS0+etEbM8tqBufftmq/na+UcfGHnPT3tUXmWYlrBConHqkrsTnMzfO826 qiDaWnSf4/ezWRul9BdvXhGufce88vH00yK33Of0XUxb1qA/uXKLdLGABMcipoIvt7PTDgb1 XGz7MvGwEktxRqKhFnNRcSIAW7PTPwYDAAA= Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:14:45 -0000 On Wed, 21 Nov 2012, Eitan Adler wrote: > Author: eadler > Date: Wed Nov 21 13:57:13 2012 > New Revision: 40117 > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40117 > > Log: > Remove a ton of obsolete comments from the "developer's handbook". This seems to remove the last documentation of manually invoking config(8) to build a kernel, which seems worthy of explicit mention, and perhaps broader discussion. I do remember some discussion relating to what level of support should be afforded to manually invoking config to build a kernel, with several current developers still using it, but it's a bit hard to search for and I didn't see anything recent in a quick search. Do you have a pointer to a discussion on other source wherein the "old" way of building a kernel is explicitly contraindicated? Thanks, Ben