Re: Proposal: Linux "hit-list"

Jauder Ho (jauderho@umich.edu)
Mon, 19 Feb 1996 23:38:23 -0500 (EST)


maybe the makefile should have a rule that the file be read
first... if it is read, touch it... then allow make config.

--Jauder

On Mon, 19 Feb 1996, Craig Schlenter wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Feb 1996, Ulrich Windl wrote:
>
> [stuff deleted]
> > It might solve the problems of users who just het a development
> > kernel from some "distribution"-CD, but who are not reading this
> > list.
> > What do you think?
> > First entries: "arithmetic faults in ``ps'' and ``top''" and "output
> > of ``free'' and ``vmstat'' is wrong".
>
> This is a good plan. Unfortunately many people will probably not read the
> file! A good case in point is the 'make is broken' (new libc) story which
> is documented but no-one seems to look at the README :-(
>
> Perhaps if the kernel make procedure popped up a notice about the
> existance of the file and then refused to continue until the user typed
> yes or something it would help. Of course the 'yes' thing could be
> bypassed by setting a flag in the makefile so that it would be a first
> time only situation ...
>
> --Craig
>
>

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