From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 12 21:01:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 742CA1065676 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:01:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wkoszek@freebsd.czest.pl) Received: from freebsd.czest.pl (l95h.icis.pcz.pl [212.87.224.105]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 053498FC15 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:01:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freebsd.czest.pl (l95h.icis.pcz.pl [212.87.224.105]) by freebsd.czest.pl (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id nBCLCs9Z078436; Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:12:54 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkoszek@freebsd.czest.pl) Received: (from wkoszek@localhost) by freebsd.czest.pl (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id nBCLCs99078435; Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:12:54 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkoszek) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:12:54 +0100 From: "Wojciech A. Koszek" To: Doug Barton Message-ID: <20091212211254.GA78318@FreeBSD.org> Mail-Followup-To: Doug Barton , Alex Keda , freebsd-current References: <4B23F10F.1010608@lissyara.su> <4B23FBA1.4070002@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B23FBA1.4070002@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Greylist: Sender DNS name whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (freebsd.czest.pl [212.87.224.105]); Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:12:54 +0100 (CET) Cc: Alex Keda , freebsd-current Subject: Re: May be include in GENERIC option INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:01:09 -0000 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/