Patch to Makefile.inc1 to mention which kernel config is being installed

[jhell]

On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 08:29, david@ wrote:
> In the usual case where a machine is (only) used to build its own
> kernel, this is admittedly of no benefit.
>
> But for "build machines" that are used to build kernels for other
> machines (as well as themselves), it kinda bugged me that I was being
> told which kernels were being built, but not which one was being
> installed.
>
> Sure, I could recall that the first one built was being installed ...
> but why not have Makefile.inc1 tell us, just as it tells us which is
> being built?
>
> Before the patch, grepping through the typescript of a build for "^>>>"
> would yield:
>
>>>> Building an up-to-date make(1)
>>>> World build started on Mon Jan  4 04:47:37 PST 2010
>>>> Rebuilding the temporary build tree
>>>> stage 1.1: legacy release compatibility shims
>>>> stage 1.2: bootstrap tools
>>>> stage 2.2: rebuilding the object tree
>>>> stage 2.3: build tools
>>>> stage 3: cross tools
>>>> stage 4.1: building includes
>>>> stage 4.2: building libraries
>>>> stage 4.3: make dependencies
>>>> stage 4.4: building everything
>>>> World build completed on Mon Jan  4 05:00:40 PST 2010
>>>> Kernel build for GENERIC started on Mon Jan  4 05:00:40 PST 2010
>>>> stage 1: configuring the kernel
>>>> stage 2.2: rebuilding the object tree
>>>> stage 2.3: build tools
>>>> stage 3.1: making dependencies
>>>> stage 3.2: building everything
>>>> Kernel build for GENERIC completed on Mon Jan  4 05:01:32 PST 2010
>>>> Kernel build for ALBERT started on Mon Jan  4 05:01:32 PST 2010
>>>> stage 1: configuring the kernel
>>>> stage 2.2: rebuilding the object tree
>>>> stage 2.3: build tools
>>>> stage 3.1: making dependencies
>>>> stage 3.2: building everything
>>>> Kernel build for ALBERT completed on Mon Jan  4 05:02:20 PST 2010
>>>> Kernel build for JANUS started on Mon Jan  4 05:02:20 PST 2010
>>>> stage 1: configuring the kernel
>>>> stage 2.2: rebuilding the object tree
>>>> stage 2.3: build tools
>>>> stage 3.1: making dependencies
>>>> stage 3.2: building everything
>>>> Kernel build for JANUS completed on Mon Jan  4 05:03:07 PST 2010
>>>> Installing kernel
>>>> Making hierarchy
>>>> Installing everything
>>>> Removing old files (only deletes safe to delete libs)
>>>> Old files removed
>>>> Removing old directories
>>>> Old directories removed
>>>> stage 2.2: rebuilding the object tree
>>>> stage 4.4: building everything
>>>> Removing old libraries
>>>> Old libraries removed
>
>
> After the patch:
>
>>>> Building an up-to-date make(1)
>>>> World build started on Tue Jan  5 04:48:19 PST 2010
>>>> Rebuilding the temporary build tree
>>>> stage 1.1: legacy release compatibility shims
>>>> stage 1.2: bootstrap tools
>>>> stage 2.2: rebuilding the object tree
>>>> stage 2.3: build tools
>>>> stage 3: cross tools
>>>> stage 4.1: building includes
>>>> stage 4.2: building libraries
>>>> stage 4.3: make dependencies
>>>> stage 4.4: building everything
>>>> World build completed on Tue Jan  5 05:01:26 PST 2010
>>>> Kernel build for GENERIC started on Tue Jan  5 05:01:26 PST 2010
>>>> stage 1: configuring the kernel
>>>> stage 2.2: rebuilding the object tree
>>>> stage 2.3: build tools
>>>> stage 3.1: making dependencies
>>>> stage 3.2: building everything
>>>> Kernel build for GENERIC completed on Tue Jan  5 05:03:28 PST 2010
>>>> Kernel build for ALBERT started on Tue Jan  5 05:03:28 PST 2010
>>>> stage 1: configuring the kernel
>>>> stage 2.2: rebuilding the object tree
>>>> stage 2.3: build tools
>>>> stage 3.1: making dependencies
>>>> stage 3.2: building everything
>>>> Kernel build for ALBERT completed on Tue Jan  5 05:05:12 PST 2010
>>>> Kernel build for JANUS started on Tue Jan  5 05:05:12 PST 2010
>>>> stage 1: configuring the kernel
>>>> stage 2.2: rebuilding the object tree
>>>> stage 2.3: build tools
>>>> stage 3.1: making dependencies
>>>> stage 3.2: building everything
>>>> Kernel build for JANUS completed on Tue Jan  5 05:06:53 PST 2010
>>>> Installing kernel GENERIC
>>>> Making hierarchy
>>>> Installing everything
>>>> Removing old files (only deletes safe to delete libs)
>>>> Old files removed
>>>> Removing old directories
>>>> Old directories removed
>>>> stage 2.2: rebuilding the object tree
>>>> stage 4.4: building everything
>>>> Removing old libraries
>>>> Old libraries removed
>
>
> Attached patch is against head; for the above, I had patched stable/7.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Peace,
> david
>


I see this serving as good verification to the user that the kernel they 
meant to configure is being installed. I would like to see this make it 
in.

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  Thu Jan  7 12:44:52 2010

  jhell