From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Aug 2 11:51:35 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 EF55637B400 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 11:51:32 -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 56A9E43E72 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 11:51:31 -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 g72IpGG58871 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 11:51:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rdm@cfcl.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <200208021807.LAA24325@eskimo.com> References: <200208021807.LAA24325@eskimo.com> X-Mailer: Eudora for Macintosh! Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 11:51:07 -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 I think this is a case for Larry Wall's credo: "Easy things should be easy, hard things should be possible". So, how about splitting it up into two pages? The first, pointed to by Chapter 6, would cover a kernel build with no sources. The second, pointed to by the first, would cover the issues involved in (changing and) building from sources. -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