Re: bin/49389: config(1) is incompatible with previous releases

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

The following reply was made to PR bin/49389; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/49389: config(1) is incompatible with previous releases
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 16:21:05 -0500

 On Nov 12,  8:40pm, martin%NetBSD.org@localhost (martin%NetBSD.org@localhost) wrote:
 -- Subject: bin/49389: config(1) is incompatible with previous releases
 
 | >Number:         49389
 | >Category:       bin
 | >Synopsis:       config(1) is not backwards compatible
 | >Confidential:   no
 | >Severity:       serious
 | >Priority:       medium
 | >Responsible:    bin-bug-people
 | >State:          open
 | >Class:          sw-bug
 | >Submitter-Id:   net
 | >Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 12 20:40:00 +0000 2014
 | >Originator:     Martin Husemann
 | >Release:        NetBSD 7.99.1
 | >Organization:
 | The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 | >Environment:
 | System: NetBSD seven-days-to-the-wolves.aprisoft.de 7.99.1 NetBSD 7.99.1 (GENERIC) #2: Wed Oct 29 21:19:47 CET 2014 martin%seven-days-to-the-wolves.aprisoft.de@localhost:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64
 | Architecture: x86_64
 | Machine: amd64
 | >Description:
 | 
 | Trying to build a netbsd-7 kernel using config(1) from -current fails, the
 | generated makefile references "build_kernel" which does not exist in the -7
 | tree.
 | 
 | While this is not exacactly a supported thing (and there is an obvious
 | workaround), it always used to work.
 
 I think part of the fault is that the $S/conf/Makefile* needs to be synced
 with config for things to work.
 
 christos