From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Aug 3 7:46:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (wireless-132-208.ietf.marconi.com [147.73.132.208]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0091437B9E9 for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2000 07:46:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marka@nominum.com) Received: from nominum.com (localhost.dv.isc.org [127.0.0.1]) by drugs.dv.isc.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA42052 for ; Fri, 4 Aug 2000 00:48:22 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from marka@nominum.com) Message-Id: <200008031448.AAA42052@drugs.dv.isc.org> To: stable@freebsd.org From: Mark.Andrews@nominum.com Subject: Re: Suggestion for change of /usr/src/UPDATING (was: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yer kernels) In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 02 Aug 2000 22:54:10 +0100." <20000802225410.D236@parish> Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 00:48:22 +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Personally, having ~20 years experience building and installing kernels. I would prefer kernels to be installed as kernel. where is replaced by the config file name. This allows multiple kernels to be installed in a standardised manner. Replacing /kernel (/unix, /vmunix etc.) should be a explicit manual step. Mark -- Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc. 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews@nominum.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message