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Date:      Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:59:37 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU>
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
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On Nov 21, 2012, at 6:33 PM, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Nov 2012, Eitan Adler wrote:
>=20
>> 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.
>>=20
>> 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.
>=20
> The old method does not require building a toolchain or buildenv, if I =
remember correctly.

No, it does not.  Nor does it require anything more than is on the =
system right now. Often, this is sufficient.  Sometimes it isn't. The =
buildkernel version was done to keep people from shooting themselves...

Warner

>> 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?
>=20
> I think hackers would be better.
>=20
> -Ben




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