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Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:55:39 -0800
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From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: kernel config files outside of sys/${ARCH}/conf ?
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On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:16:53AM +0100, Gary Jennejohn wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:11:39 +0100
>> Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> wrote:
>>
>> > usr/sbin/config assumes that the kernel config file
>> > lives in ${src_base}/sys/${arch}/conf , which means that
>> > if you need to build a custom kernel one needs RW
>> > access to that directory.
>> >
>> > Any idea on how we can enable config to work in a
>> > generic directory ?
>> >
>> > I scanned the source code usr.sbin/config and found that
>> > it uses hardwired paths -- specifically, it looks for
>> > the kernel source tree in "../.." and has multiple
>> > hardwired paths such as "../../conf/".
>> > There is also a somewhat undocumented access to a
>> > file called DEFAULTS that extends the configuration you pass.
>> >
>> > Any objections to the addition of a "-s" option to config(8)
>> > to specify the location of the source tree ?
>> >
>>
>> Seems like a good idea to me as long as the old behavior is kept.
>
> of course :)

    Why not just set KERNCONFDIR?
Thanks,
-Garrett