Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:12:54 +0100 From: "Wojciech A. Koszek" <wkoszek@freebsd.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: Alex Keda <admin@lissyara.su>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: May be include in GENERIC option INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE? Message-ID: <20091212211254.GA78318@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4B23FBA1.4070002@FreeBSD.org> References: <4B23F10F.1010608@lissyara.su> <4B23FBA1.4070002@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:22:57PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > Alex Keda wrote: > > For those who have recently engaged in FreeBSD, and inexperienced > > managers who have inherited a server "by inheritance" is often the > > question arises - where to find the configuration file in which to > > compile your kernel? (Of course, a file by that time there =)) > > I actually thought that was already done, but I see now that it's not. > I would like to see this as well, any objections? > > Alex, Doug, In the past, I got two kinds of responses to this question: 1) "OK" from most of the people >From the kernel via config(8) you can get a ready-to-use configuration file, but without comments. 2) "We don't like new INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE, since it doesn't support comments, and comments are crucial" We'd have to add "-C" to config(8) execution in build scripts, the same preserving the old way of keeping comments, but without getting ready-to-use configuration file. My vote is for (1) Thanks, -- Wojciech A. Koszek wkoszek@FreeBSD.org http://FreeBSD.czest.pl/~wkoszek/
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