On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:16:53AM +0100, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:11:39 +0100 > Luigi Rizzo <[email protected]> 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 :) _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
