From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Aug 2 9: 9:36 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FD4837B400 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 09:09:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cfcl.com (cpe-24-221-169-54.ca.sprintbbd.net [24.221.169.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC7DF43E42 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 09:09:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rdm@cfcl.com) Received: from [192.168.254.205] (cerberus [192.168.254.205]) by cfcl.com (8.11.6/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g72G9FG55333 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 09:09:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rdm@cfcl.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <200208020720.g727K4LR061796@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200208020720.g727K4LR061796@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Eudora for Macintosh! Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 08:58:02 -0700 To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG From: Rich Morin Subject: Re: docs/41253: config(8) and/or Handbook deficiency Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 12:20 AM -0700 8/2/02, Marc Fonvieille wrote: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-building.htm > does that already. Following that link (with an "l" appended :-), I get to a chapter that indeed covers the material. Apparently, I got as far as Chapter 6.10 and didn't realize that more detailed instructions were available. So, I'd like to suggest a link in Chapter 6.10, pointing to Chapter 9.3. I'd also like to suggest a rewrite of Chapter 9.3, providing instructions for folks who haven't installed the sources. Installing the source tree is, AFAIK, totally unnecessary for building the kernel; why force folks to do it? -r -- email: rdm@cfcl.com; phone: +1 650-873-7841 http://www.cfcl.com/rdm - my home page, resume, etc. http://www.cfcl.com/Meta - The FreeBSD Browser, Meta Project, etc. http://www.ptf.com/dossier - Prime Time Freeware's DOSSIER series http://www.ptf.com/tdc - Prime Time Freeware's Darwin Collection To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message