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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.7 and COMPAT_43 -Reply -Reply
To: ROBERTC@PII.COM (Robert Clark)
Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 12:25:11 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: root@cola47.scsn.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, dmaddox@scsn.net
In-Reply-To: <s3797635.038@pii.com> from Robert Clark at "May 14, 97 08:16:51 am"
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In a previous message, Robert Clark said:
> How about a
> 
> #ifdef BEGINNER or NOVICE
> 
> that causes all 'nonoptional' items to be included.

I've thought about writting a graphical config program
with TK or some such. My problem is I have very little 
time for creative stuff like that. And I'm not a programmer
anymore.

Anyway, something like this could make configuring a kernel
for a newbie a pretty painless experience.




> 
> Change what working code?  I admit ignorance of config internals,
> but if seems to me that you would just need to change occurences of:
> 
>   #ifdef INET
> 
> to
> 
>   #ifndef INETLESS
> 
> No?
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
>                                             Donald J. Maddox
>                                             (dmaddox@scsn.net)
> 
> 
> 
> 


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