* Erik Anggard <erik.anggard@packetfront.com> [020809 12:22]:
> 
> 
> Tomasz Luchowski wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 11:04:13AM +0200, Dawid Szyma?ski wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>What do you think about this patch?
> >>
> >>Would be nice to:
> >>
> >>1. make it possible to:
> >>make kernel-build conf=GENERIC
> >>make install-kernel
> >>
> >>(depends on environment it can be done out-off src tree)
> >>
> >>Comments please.
> >>   
> >>
> >Ew, it looks so FreeBSDy. I don't support this idea. Say, someone 
> >misconfigures
> >his kernel config file. He edits it over and over. It'd be wiser to make 
> >him
> >"config" it until he gets this right, then let him "make" the kernel, 
> >instead of
> >repeating the "kernel-build" all the time.
> >
> >Just my humble opinion, I may well exagerate.
> >
> > 
> >
> Yes, it does look a lot like FreeBSD so if this is to be added why not 
> use the same naming as FreeBSD so that people that use both won't get 
> confused? FreeBSD uses this naming:
>   make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYCONF
>   make installkernel KERNCONF=MYCONF
> (And if KERNCONF is not specified GENERIC will be used.)

Yes, but the 

config SOnSO
cd ../compile/SonSO
make depend && make

process is common to all BSDs, isn't it? FreeBSd still supports that
(or did last time I used it), so I don't see a compatibility problem
really.

Not to say it shouldn't be done, but I'm not sure there's a need....

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