Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 08:28:58 -0500 (EST) From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why so many steps to build new kernel? Message-ID: <199712101323.IAA11947@gatekeeper.itribe.net> In-Reply-To: <19212.881727438@time.cdrom.com>
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On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > On this topic. I don't care for Linux (Too Unreliable), but theyv'e had a > > curses based configuration tool as part of the sources since v 2.0. > > It is kind of nice since it lets you choose what hardware support you want > > to compile in and even some port variables etc. > > We know, and have for a long time, about Linux's curses and X based > kernel configurators. Who's going to do the work of implementing > something similar? *That's* been the big mystery up until now. :) > > Jordan > And more to the point, why would you want to? Linux's make config is an abomination. -- Jamie Bowden Systems Administrator, iTRiBE.net If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle)
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