INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE in GENERIC
M. Warner Losh
imp at bsdimp.com
Wed Jan 13 16:24:06 UTC 2010
In message: <201001130844.21241.jhb at freebsd.org>
John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org> writes:
: On Tuesday 12 January 2010 7:15:22 pm Doug Barton wrote:
: > On 1/10/2010 8:02 PM, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > > In message: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1001110348100.92627 at serrsnyy.serrofq.bet>
: > > Doug Barton <dougb at FreeBSD.org> writes:
: > > : On Sun, 10 Jan 2010, Warner Losh wrote:
: > > :
: > > : > Author: imp
: > > : > Date: Sun Jan 10 17:44:22 2010
: > > : > New Revision: 202019
: > > : > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/202019
: > > : >
: > > : > Log:
: > > : > Add INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE in GENERIC on all non-embedded platforms.
: > > :
: > > : Thanks for doing this, however the comment about how to include the
: > > : whole file (including the comments) were not included. Do I need to do
: > > : this part of it myself? No problem if so, I just want to be sure to
: > > : get it done in time to MFC it before the freeze for 7.3-release.
: > >
: > > In general, we don't put big comments like that in the config files,
: > > preferring to leave them to NOTES. I was just following that
: > > convention...
: >
: > Understood, however given that there is plenty of room for confusion on
: > this point because the default is NOT to include the comments I think
: > that some explanation is justified. My original text was:
: >
: > # Store the plain version of the configuration file in the kernel itself.
: > # To store the entire file, including comments, put this in /etc/src.conf:
: > # CONFIGARGS= -C
: > # See config(8) for more details.
:
: Just put this in sys/conf/NOTES. Users already know to look in NOTES for
: further details about kernel options.
This exact comment already is in NOTES.
Warner
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