From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 22 01:33:44 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 6A07D4B5; Thu, 22 Nov 2012 01:33:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaduk@mit.edu) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-3.mit.edu (DMZ-MAILSEC-SCANNER-3.MIT.EDU [18.9.25.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A3148FC08; Thu, 22 Nov 2012 01:33:43 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 1209190e-b7f756d000000904-08-50ad80f13b30 Received: from mailhub-auth-3.mit.edu ( [18.9.21.43]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-3.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id D8.41.02308.1F08DA05; Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:33:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by mailhub-auth-3.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id qAM1Xbgi018036; Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:33:37 -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 qAM1XYJ0027946 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:33:36 -0500 (EST) Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id qAM1XYbw028288; Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:33:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:33:34 -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: 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; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFvrMIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixCmqrfuxYW2AwYE+WYsfHw8xWez6O4fZ 4sai/UwWu/t7mR1YPGZ8ms8SwBjFZZOSmpNZllqkb5fAlXF83jb2gvNsFedO7WBvYFzO2sXI wSEhYCLRsMygi5ETyBSTuHBvPVsXIxeHkMA+RomWpn/MEM4GRomm5TOhnBNMErfW3ocqa2CU uDJxMRNIP4uAtsT0rgXMIDabgIrEzDcb2UBsESD7+/6fYDXMAlESe5Y2soLYwgKFEnPWPGYE sTkFAiX+/F4OVsMr4CCx9tILqG2bGSXOHpwGNlRUQEdi9f4pLBBFghInZz5hgRhqKXHuz3W2 CYyCs5CkZiFJLWBkWsUom5JbpZubmJlTnJqsW5ycmJeXWqRrrJebWaKXmlK6iREctpJ8Oxi/ HlQ6xCjAwajEw8ugsDZAiDWxrLgy9xCjJAeTkijvqXqgEF9SfkplRmJxRnxRaU5q8SFGCQ5m JRHeRQVAOd6UxMqq1KJ8mJQ0B4uSOO+VlJv+QgLpiSWp2ampBalFMFkZDg4lCd7jtUCNgkWp 6akVaZk5JQhpJg5OkOE8QMNXgyzmLS5IzC3OTIfIn2JUlBLn3Q/SLACSyCjNg+uFpZVXjOJA rwjz9oG08wBTElz3K6DBTECD411WgwwuSURISTUwytqvnjQ7s6iR243nWD2nafnh3SKX7v/d 4WGzO/KJe7KySPn76kS3HUzf43+tEWCI7eY6oaEdujdhV0b2f7anou+lt3j1XLy9K+iy1W+G JiPVQ1k7rizdeTPrUq8P1/qE7RaGS5Je73ux6TKfjNQhi8cLLu46mCOkOWeVhnX+hbXpf1n4 k79+V2Ipzkg01GIuKk4EAAP947AGAwAA 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: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 01:33:44 -0000 On Wed, 21 Nov 2012, Eitan Adler wrote: > On 21 November 2012 13:14, Benjamin Kaduk 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