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Date:      Fri, 2 Aug 2002 10:18:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Ross Lippert <ripper@eskimo.com>
To:        rdm@cfcl.com
Cc:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: docs/41253: config(8) and/or Handbook deficiency
Message-ID:  <200208021718.KAA20585@eskimo.com>
In-Reply-To: <p05111b46b970690e5ba0@[192.168.254.205]> (message from Rich Morin on Fri, 2 Aug 2002 09:59:51 -0700)

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>	  # cd /sys/i386/conf
>	  # cp GENERIC <some_name>
>	  # vi <some_name>
>	  ...
>	  # config <some_name>
>	  # cd ../../compile/<some_name>
>	  # make depend
>	  # make
>	  # make install

I pulled up the kernel-config on the web and this is pretty much what it
says, as long as you don't get bogged down in the "syncing the source" or
"tips".

>recently built a kernel, I didn't mess about in /usr/src at all.  I
>just used the /sys/i386/conf area, as suggested by the config(8) page:
I think that what is missing with your experience is that the handbook
does not say that /sys is typically a symlink to /usr/src/sys.

-r

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