[I have no idea why this is in tech-net, but I'll leave it there.]

On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> If you just created the directory, you can probably get away without
> the depend step. However if you've configured and built before, you
> could well need it.

config(8) should know whether or not it has just created the kernel
build directory, and it could make the "Don't forget to run \"make
depend\"" message dependent on that condition.

--apb (Alan Barrett)