Re: Proposal: Linux "hit-list"

Mike Castle (mcastle@umr.edu)
Mon, 19 Feb 1996 19:29:41 -0600 (CST)

Amazingly enough Craig Schlenter said:
> 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 ...

.hitlist: Documentation/hit-list
echo Please be sure to read Documentation/hit-list for info
echo on recent necessary software updates.
echo Hit ENTER to continue building kernel.
<some fancy command to wait for key hit>
touch .hitlist

Should notify you everytime, right?

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