The only reason this probably seems like it takes forever is some ports
(x86 come to mind) now generate an obscene amount of kernels from the etc*
Makefiles.

(10 on x86 at current count)

James

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>> Thats tougher since a lot of the floppies use the same ramdisk images but
>> different kernels or vice-versa.
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>> But probably worth taking a look at.
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>It would be nice to be able to build all the INSTALL* kernels, then
>the "release" target in /usr/src/distrib. Much better than having to
>dig around and do it by hand, or having to build a whole release.
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>> >It would be great, too, if there were a single top-level target to
>> >make the floppies, without having to build the whole tree first.
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>Frederick
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