Subject: Re: CVS commit: syssrc/sys/conf
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@wasabisystems.com>
From: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
List: source-changes
Date: 12/08/2001 23:34:46
>> Oh, and let's `install' the kernel into ${DESTDIR} if someone says
>> `make install'. We have to think about cross-compilers here.
>
>A bad idea. You can easily nuke your running kernel that way by
>accident. We don't have that functionality by intent. The mechanisms
>for picking up kernels for snapshots don't need it anyway.
i think it's easier to nuke your running kernel without this...
in fact, i know it is. i accidentally typed make install in a kernel
build directory once and was rather upset.
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