Re: toolchain/26072 (Request: an option to build.sh, to build kernels without running "config" and "make depend")

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR toolchain/26072; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: lukem%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: toolchain/26072 (Request: an option to build.sh, to build
 kernels without running "config" and "make depend")
Date: Sat, 20 May 2023 04:44:15 +0000

 On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 08:31:35PM +0000, lukem%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
  > Synopsis: Request: an option to build.sh, to build kernels without running "config" and "make depend"
  > 
  > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
  > State-Changed-By: lukem%NetBSD.org@localhost
  > State-Changed-When: Fri, 19 May 2023 20:31:35 +0000
  > State-Changed-Why:
  > 
  > I'm not convinced that the added complexity of another option is worth the
  > effort of adding and maintaining yet another option to build.sh.
 
 I'm reasonably convinced it's not. Not only are build machines far
 faster than in 2004, but in the meantime we've also fixed up config
 (and to some extent also the depend rules) so that running config no
 longer automatically triggers a rebuild of ~half the kernel. Which it
 used to.
 
 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost