Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 11:02:32 -0400 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel versions and config's rm -rf Message-ID: <9509251502.AA12642@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199509242138.OAA03910@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <95Sep24.131401pdt.177475@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> <199509242138.OAA03910@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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<<On Sun, 24 Sep 1995 14:38:01 -0700 (MST), Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> said: > The reason for this behaviour in the first place was an issue of > dependencies not being calculated correctly There is nothing wrong with the way the dependencies are calculated, and has not been in a long time. The reason for that behavior is because Jordan got tired of dealing with people who didn't clean their kernels after changing options that have a major impact on the generated code, then building broken kernels and calling WC to complain. This is the way all dependencies in any program have worked since the dawn of time, and the appropriate solution is not to kludge up the config program but to eliminate compilation options as user-serviceable parts. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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