Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:33:34 -0500 (EST) From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> To: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r40117 - in head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook: kernelbuild policies tools Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1211212031500.2164@multics.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgmjGS3ahcrVsgzPqo%2B-ep9PyOmPn6oZBEH0AWJYDChzCw@mail.gmail.com> References: <201211211357.qALDvDsP064264@svn.freebsd.org> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1211211255140.2164@multics.mit.edu> <CAF6rxgmjGS3ahcrVsgzPqo%2B-ep9PyOmPn6oZBEH0AWJYDChzCw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 21 Nov 2012, Eitan Adler wrote: > On 21 November 2012 13:14, Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> wrote: >> 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. > > This should probably be documented in config(1) or some other "how the (config(8)) > build process works" document. So far as I could tell, the old method > should be considered an implementation detail, not an alternative. The old method does not require building a toolchain or buildenv, if I remember correctly. > That said I agree this probably deserves some broader consideration, > so perhaps doc@ is the best place to discuss? Or would a developer > focussed ML like hackers@ be better? I think hackers would be better. -Ben
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