From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 7 20:53:57 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E70416A420 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 20:53:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (trang.nuxi.org [74.95.12.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CAFC13C4A8 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 20:53:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lA7Kri2c058474; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:53:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id lA7Kri1E058473; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:53:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:53:44 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Marcel Moolenaar Message-ID: <20071107205344.GA58422@dragon.NUXI.org> Mail-Followup-To: obrien@freebsd.org, Marcel Moolenaar , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org References: <20071106160521.GG18357@dragon.NUXI.org> <20071106161812.GD88328@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <20071107134912.GA47286@dragon.NUXI.org> <6E9A161D-67A8-4824-B85C-BA82AD240C7E@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6E9A161D-67A8-4824-B85C-BA82AD240C7E@mac.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rename sys/*/conf/DEFAULT to _DEFAULT X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:53:57 -0000 On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 11:42:52AM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > What about this: > We move src/sys/${ARCH}/conf/DEFAULTS to src/sys/conf/DEFAULTS.${arch} > and we can even add a generic src/sys/conf/DEFAULTS if there's a reason > for it. I thought about something similar, but didn't suggest this as I thought it would be too big a change for others to swallow. But it does not bother me. > That seems to be a much better solution than renaming a file so that it > stops being in the way for some, only to have it become in the way for > others. That's just pointless... I've never seen anyone post indications of having a kernel config file named _*. So I don't find it pointless. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)