Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 18:40:46 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: policy on GPL'd drivers? Message-ID: <200305281840.46645.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20030528.030900.55833611.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <200305281350.27953.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200305281447.02322.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20030528.030900.55833611.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Wed, 28 May 2003 18:39, M. Warner Losh wrote: > : > : Maybe the kernel build stuff can look in /usr/local/src/sys/modules > : > : for things to build or something.. > : > > : > YUCK! > : > : *WHY?* > : > : I have asked this before BTW, and I haven't been told why it sucks. > > Because there are other, more elegant ways of dealing with these > things. I don't like /usr/local/src anything, which was the main > complaint. If there are more elegant solutions I would like to know what they are. I agree it isn't a great solution, but I can't see what is better. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 9A8C 569F 685A D928 5140 AE4B 319B 41F4 5D17 FDD5
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