From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 5 09:38:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA17342 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 09:38:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from hydrogen.nike.efn.org (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA17320 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 09:38:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gurney_j@efn.org) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.nike.efn.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA14986; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 09:38:05 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <19971205093805.56784@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 09:38:05 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Francisco Reyes Cc: Greg Lehey , "hackers@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Why so many steps to build new kernel? References: <199712051453.GAA24838@super.zippo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.69 In-Reply-To: <199712051453.GAA24838@super.zippo.com>; from Francisco Reyes on Fri, Dec 05, 1997 at 09:53:28AM -0400 Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney Organization: Cu Networking X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Francisco Reyes scribbled this message on Dec 5: > On Fri, 5 Dec 1997 16:13:39 +0800, Greg Lehey wrote: > > >> I was wondering if there would be any problems with creating a script > >> for some of the steps of building a new kernel. > >> config kern1 > >> cd ../../kern1 > >> make depend > >> make all > >> make install > > >Why not? Of course, you could simplify it. > > The end user (ie me) gains nothing by typing more. On my new computer > it doesn't take all that long, but I remember on my previous one > things would take forever. The problem with running each line > individually is that you can not start it before you go to bed and > come and get the results in the morning. why not simply use the && pipeline operator for this?? this is what it is most commonly used for... -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD